Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Note on Currency and Measures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I The Growth of International Competition -- One: A CHANGING INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY -- Two: THE DISSEMINATION OF TECHNIQUES -- II The Venetian Industry -- Three: REGULATING COMMERCE IN BASIC MATERIALS -- Four: THE STRATEGY OF MARKET DIVERSIFICATION -- Five: DYEING -- Six: WEAVING -- Seven: A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY INNOVATION -- Eight: INVENTIONS -- III The Mainland State -- Nine: SERICULTURE IN THE TERRAFERMA -- Ten: SILK THREAD -- Eleven: CLOT H PRODUCTION AND THE TERRITORIAL STATE -- CONCLUSION -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.