文明的经纬
The Fabric of Civilization
Virginia Postrel · 初版 2020 年
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人类的历史就是纺织品的历史——它与文明本身一样古老。纺织品造就了帝国，推动了发明；开辟了贸易路线，划定了国家边界。从纺出第一根线开始，织物便驱动着技术、商业、政治和文化的发展。在The Fabric of Civilization中，Virginia Postrel追溯了这段令人惊讶的历史，揭示了纺织品塑造我们世界的隐秘方式。化学的起源在于布料的染色与整理；二进制代码——或许还有整个数学——的开端可以在编织中寻得；为了生产优质纤维而进行的选育
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……衣物、纺织品和布料从稀有昂贵走向随处可见且廉价。它梳理了各种技术创新（想想轧棉机，但远不止于此）、文化和经济。Virginia Postrel 写的《The Fabric of Civilization》。关于维京帆船的一句绝妙引言：“维京时代一张 100 平方米的帆需要 154 公里（60 英里）的纱线。用沉重的纺轮每天工作 8 小时，织出相对……
…clothing, textiles, and fabric being scarce and expensive to commonplace and cheap. It runs through the various technological innovations (think cotton gin, but plenty more), culture, and economics. The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel. Great quote about Viking sail ships: "Viking Age sail 100 meters square took 154 kilometers (60 miles) of yarn. Working eight hours a day with a heavy spindle whorl to produce relatively…
对此另一个有趣的探索是 Virginia Postrel 的《The Fabric of Civilization》（https://vpostrel.com/the-fabric-of-civilization）。她的第一章讲到了石器时代一个常被忽视的创新，其实就是必须先发明细绳，才能真正……
Another interesting exploration of this is The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel (https://vpostrel.com/the-fabric-of-civilization). Her first chapter talks about how one of the overlooked innovations of the Stone Age was that twine needed to be created to actually…
我推荐 Virginia I. Postrel 写的《The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World》。她和 acoup 网站都指出了制作线缆的纯人工成本有多高，以及要生产出足够的线缆其成本的极其不对称性……
I recommend The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia I. Postrel She, and the acoup site make the point about the sheer cost of labour to make thread, and the asymmetry in costs to produce sufficient thread from…
有一本很棒的书讲了这个话题：Virginia Postrel 写的《The Fabric of Civilization》。对我来说最不可思议的部分是机械化时代之前织布生产的金字塔效应——每 1 位织工背后需要 20 位纺纱工来产线，曼彻斯特附近就有 8 万名纺纱工……
There is an excellent book that covers the topic: The Fabric of Civilization, by Virginia Postrel. The part most amazing to me was the pyramid effect of fabric production in the days before mechanization - 20 spinners per weaver producing thread, 80,000 spinners near Manchester…
我在 2025 年读过最好的非虚构类书籍是 Virginia Postrel 的《The Fabric of Civilization》。简直引人入胜，它提出了一个很有说服力的论点：布料/纺织品的生产可能是让现代有组织社会得以形成的最关键的核心发展之一……
The best non-fiction book I read in 2025 was "The Fabric of Civilization" by Virginia Postrel. It was completely fascinating, and made a good argument that the production of cloth/textiles might by one on the most import core developments that allowed modern, organised society…
Virginia Postrel 写的《The fabric of civilization - how textiles made the world》。里面全都是超级硬核有趣的内容。
The fabric of civilization - how textiles made the world -- Virginia Postrel It's chok full of interesting stuff.