Spain's golden fleece
wool production and the wool trade from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century
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Author
Contributions
- Phillips, William D. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland
Language
English
Word Count
110,250 words, Guess
Page Count
441 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1008006M
- ISBN-100801855187
- OCLC Control Number35919282
- OCLC Control Numberspainsgoldenflee0000phil
- Library of Congress Control Number96047945
and 2 more
- LibraryThing150957
- Goodreads1121337
Classifications
- DDC338.1/763145
- LCCHD9905.S822 P48 1997
Description
In Spain's Golden Fleece, Carla Rahn Phillips and William D. Phillips, Jr., offer the first authoritative history of Spain's vital wool industry. They show how wool was crucial both to Spain's domestic income and to the flourishing European textile industries that depended on the incomparable wool of Spanish Merino sheep. The authors begin by offering a broad and longterm look at the growth, dominance, and decline of the herding economy. They explain the components of wool production, from herding to shearing to preparing the wool for market. And they examine the evolution of the woolen textile industry in Spain and the export trade in raw wool.
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