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#3759909 in eBooks 2014-01-23 2014-01-23File Name: B00I0H5VNG
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Read the book; skip the kindle edition.By Literary MomBeware Kindle Readers! This e-book; for which you will pay $3 more than the print edition and second day shipping for a Prime member; has none of the illustrations referred to in the text. The notes are unwieldy to operate and the complete lack of part of the book (yes; plates and figures referred to and marked by the author are actually part of the book) is extremely frustrating. For this price; I expected not only the plates but live links to them. Aside from this; do buy the actual book and read this. Fascinating breakdown of the cultural and social history surrounding the economics and aesthetics of Red and so much more.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. History Intertwined with Color: FascinatingBy SpringleringThis was a thoroughly fascinating book; and incredibly well researched. (Check the nearly endless bibliography at the back of the book if you have any doubt!)In a nutshell; color; particularly in textiles; was rare and valuable until the early parts of the last century. Amazing that what we now take for granted was beyond our great-great grandparents wildest imaginations. The masses dressed in dull vegetable dyes of beige; muddy yellows; and greys. Only the wealthiest could afford brilliant colors; and wearing it was the ideal way to flaunt their wealth and status.This book takes us from the discovery in "New Spain" (Mexico) of cochineal; a crushed insect dye which yielded a never before seen brilliant red color. Spain built an empire on cochineal; and went through great lengths to keep the origin of the dye a secret. Ms. Greenfield explores the far reaching effects of cochineal on history: empire building; piracy; espionage; scientific advancements (and infighting); the connotations of red through history; even exploring perceived racism and class distinctions based on lack of color; and later; when the tables turned; a surfeit of color.Who would have ever though that something as simple as "red" would inextricably tangle itself in history in such a way? Red. Red? Red!An excellent read for anyone with an interest in history; fashion; textiles; or science.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Strange Uses for A Tiny BugBy Connie K. PooreIn addition to being the definitive document on the red dye; cochineal; this incredibly well-researched book on organic red dye also includes a basic history of the colonies of New Spain; particularly Mexico; and their crucial importance to the dyed color red as craved by European royals. Although this is an historical treatise on a type of dye; it reads almost like a novel; never boring the reader as (s)he is led through the discovery of a superb red-dye bearing insect in New Spain and its subsequent huge commercial import on the then known world; leading even to the hijacking of ships bearing tons of the precious cargo by pirates sanctioned by the British crown. The reader will not be bored by this historical tale of a hugely useful; expensive bug.
