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Career of john cotton – puritanism and the american experience

Kategorier: Filosofi och religion Religion och tro

Why is so little heard about John Cotton, who was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest Puritan preacher in America? Why has he alone remained an enigma among the founding fathers of American protestantism? Professor Ziff examines Cotton’s career as a teacher and preacher, both in England and New…

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Isbn: 9780691651866

Utgivningsår:20160419

Utgivare: Princeton University Press

Mediatyp: BB

The art of mixing textiles in quilts – 14 projects using wool, silk, cotton

av:Lynn Schmitt

Kategorier: Hantverk och handarbete Livsstil, hobby och fritid Sömnad och handarbete

Have a ball blending cottons with rich wools, lustrous silks, and textural home decor fabrics for quilts that beg to be touched. Weave unconventional textiles together like a pro with the best advice for cutting, sewing, and pressing fabrics of texture and sheen. Craft 14 pieced and appliquéd projects, like table…

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Isbn: 9781617455407

Utgivningsår:20180807

Utgivare: C T Publishing

Mediatyp: BC

Cotton & indigo from japan

av:Teresa Duryea Wong

Kategorier: Hantverk och handarbete Livsstil, hobby och fritid

More than 300 colorful photos and behind-the-scenes details reveal the fascinating story of Japan’s cotton and indigo, and their enormous contribution to fiber arts worldwide. Learn how Japan and its top fabric designers, quilters, scientists, and artists combine tradition and high tech to weave the thread,…

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Isbn: 9780764353512

Utgivningsår:20170828

Utgivare: Schiffer Publishing

Mediatyp: BB

Cotton and cabaret : domestic economy and female agency in Burkina Faso

av:Sigrun Helmfrid

Kategorier: Antropologi Genusvetenskap Genusvetenskap: kvinnor och flickor Kulturantropologi och socialantropologi Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Sociologi och antropologi

Based on fieldwork undertaken in Burkina Faso in the mid-1990s, this study investigates the functioning of the domestic economy of smallholder cotton farmers with the overall aim of interrogating female agency. The thesis attempts to answer the following interrelated research questions: How were the smallholder…

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Isbn: 9789177979722

Utgivningsår:20200309

Utgivare: Stockholm University

Mediatyp: BC

Hanging by a thread : cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa

Kategorier: Fattigdom och arbetslöshet Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala och etiska frågor

The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the colonies. Africa, the least developed of the worlds major regions, is now increasingly engaged in the production of this crop for the global market, and debates about…

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Isbn: 9789171066145

Utgivningsår:20080601

Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

Mediatyp: BC

Fossil capital : the rise of steam-power in the British cotton industry, c. 1825-1848, and the roots of global warming

av:Andreas Malm

Kategorier: Energiteknik Föroreningar och miljöhot Geovetenskap, geografi, miljö och samhällsplanering Miljön Teknik för fossila bränslen Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.

The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels are burnt in the world. How did we get caught up in this mess? This thesis returns to a crucial moment in the emergence of the fossil economy: the rise of steam-power. With the adoption of the steam-engine, fossil energy…

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Isbn: 9789174738278

Utgivningsår:20140129

Utgivare: Media-Tryck

Mediatyp: BB