{"product_id":"cotton-the-fabric-that-made-the-modern-world-9781107000223","title":"Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003eTodays world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation  it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However  this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution  Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as far afield as Japan  West Africa and Europe. Cotton explores this earlier globalised economy and its transformation after 1750 as cotton led the way in the industrialisation of Europe. By the early nineteenth century  India  China and the Ottoman Empire switched from world producers to buyers of European cotton textiles  a position that they retained for over two hundred years. This is a fascinating and insightful story which ranges from Asian and European technologies and African slavery to cotton plantations in the Americas and consumer desires across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651778011189,"sku":"ByrdShop_110700022X","price":66.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781107000223.jpg?v=1781840526","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/cotton-the-fabric-that-made-the-modern-world-9781107000223","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}