{"product_id":"9783032153524","title":"The Silk Industry in Early Modern Piedmont The Fabric of Innovation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLabour in History and Society\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Silk Industry in Early Modern Piedmont\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Fabric of Innovation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMario Grassi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"Normale\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Carpredefinitoparagrafo\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis open access book examines how Piedmont, in early modern Italy, developed silk production into a distinctive system of technological and social innovation. It explores the ways in which this fragile yet economically significant material shaped regional strategies of adaptation and growth, linking local expertise to the expanding networks of global trade. Across ten chapters, the author traces the evolution of a complex production ecosystem, from small workshops to royal manufactories, and considers how technology, policy, and labour interacted to sustain the silk economy. Particular attention is given to the contributions of women, migrants, and apprentices, whose work underpinned both the aesthetics of fashion and the practical mechanisms of manufacture. As political and economic transformations unfolded across eighteenth-century Europe, silk became a lens through which to examine tensions between tradition and change, and between vulnerability and resilience. By situating Piedmont within broader European processes, the book demonstrates that innovation emerged not solely from institutional or technological breakthroughs, but from the craft of making, the capacity to adapt, and the steady labour of human hands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"NormaleWeb\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Enfasigrassetto\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eMario Grassi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Carpredefinitoparagrafo\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Padua, Italy, in collaboration with Yale University, the Université Lumière Lyon 2, and the Como Silk Museum. His current research, in addition to the socio-economic history of the silk industry, focuses on labour history, the history of migration, gender, violence, and material culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEuropean Commission\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032153524\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e297\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"European Commission","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169216127116,"sku":"9783032153524","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032153524.jpg?v=1781061738","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032153524","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}