Die Geschichte von C&A steht paradigmatisch für die Ökonomisierung und Rationalisierung der Herstellung und des Verkaufes von Kleidung seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Mark Spoerer beschreibt die wechselvolle Geschichte des Familienunternehmens vom Start in Deutschland bis in die Jahre des...

Introduction : luxury textiles in Italy, the Low Countries and neighbouring territories (fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) : a conceptual investigation / Bart Lambert and Katherine Anne Wilson -- Consumption of luxury textiles. 'In a chamber, in a garderobe, in a chest' : the possession and...

This is the first work on British textile exports to South America during the nineteenth century. During this period, textiles ranked among the most important manufactures traded in the world market, and Britain was the foremost producer. Thanks to new data, this book demonstrates that British...

Front Cover -- Circular Economy in Textiles and Apparel -- Circular Economy in Textiles and Apparel: Processing, Manufacturing, and Design -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 - Introduction and the concept of circular economy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Linear versus circular...