Fleeced : unraveling the history of wool and war / Trish FitzSimons ; Madelyn Shaw.
| Author/creator | FitzSimons, Trish author. |
| Other author | Shaw, Madelyn, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2025. |
| Description | xiv, 246 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Wool: a fabric of war -- Golden fleece / white wealth -- Agents of empire -- Sheep in high places -- Ersatz and all that -- Life on the edge -- "Mary has two new dresses" -- Wool bubbles and better living -- Epilogue: wool and the war on waste. |
| Abstract | Fleeced explains how competition for wool in wartime helped create our current unsustainable and environmentally disastrous reliance on petrochemical fibers. |
| Abstract | "Fleeced exposes the international vortex of negotiation, intrigue, and anxiety that has historically surrounded the demand for wool in wartime, and how that contributed to our current environmental crisis of fast fashion and microplastic pollution. As armies grew in size and faced extreme conditions, warring nations jockeyed for access to this bital resource and simultaneously searched for its elusive replacement - foreshadowing the decisive rise of fully synthetic fibers after the Korean War."-- Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index. |
| ISBN | 9798881803803 (hardback) |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000213333 |