Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of the American Myth

( by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ) The author selects 14 domestic textile items from pre-industrial America and demonstrated how early Americans made, used, sold, and saved textiles. As an example, a piece of silk embroidery reveals racial and class distinctions, and 2 old spinning wheels show the connections between colonial cloth making and war. 5x8, Paper, 502p