This is a title in the "Focus on Resources" series which surveys the world's natural resources, discussing where a commodity is found, how it is processed and the uses we make of it. This volume looks at the history of the silk industry from its early discovery in China to its eventual development in Europe. It shows how silk is made by examining each stage of its production from the cultivation of the silkworm and its cocoon to the extraction of silk, explaining how this is made into thread and silk fabrics. The author also considers the state of the silk industry today, its uses in a world of artificial fibres and the predictions for its future.
- ISBN10 1852100729
- ISBN13 9781852100728
- Publish Date 11 November 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Wayland
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 48
- Language English