{"product_id":"transatlantic-threads-scottish-linen-and-society-c1707-1780-9781474492997","title":"Transatlantic Threads: Scottish Linen and Society, C.1707-1780","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Threads \u003c\/i\u003eshows how studying the making, use and meaning of a relatively low-cost, utilitarian cloth like linen, broadens our understanding of eighteenth-century Scotland and the wider Atlantic world. Different types of linen cloth were used across society everyday: from fine shirts worn by the rich, to coarse aprons worn by labourers; from expensive bed sheets, to canvas used for ships' sails. Eighteenth-century linen production was a Scottish economic success story, with thousands of people working to produce millions of yards of yarn and woven cloth. It was also how Scots became inextricably linked with transatlantic trade and the slavery economy, as the desire to capture the colonial market was a key driver for developing coarse linen production. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing a material commodity to explore everyday experiences of ordinary people, particularly women, non-elite and enslaved people, \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Threads \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the cultural and social significance of linen in Scottish and transatlantic society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuckett, Sally:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sally Tuckett is Lecturer in Dress and Textile Histories at the University of Glasgow. She is co-author (with Stana Nenadic) of \u003ci\u003eColouring the Nation: The Turkey Red Printed Cotton Industry in Scotland, c.1840-1940\u003c\/i\u003e (2013, National Museums of Scotland) and has published articles in \u003ci\u003eScottish Historical Review, Journal of Scottish Historical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTextile History\u003c\/i\u003e. Sally was awarded a Research Incentive Grant from the Carnegie Trust for \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Threads\u003c\/i\u003e and is currently working on an AHRC funded project, 'Fleece to Fashion: Economies and Cultures of Craft in Scotland, Knitted Textiles c.1780-present'.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552735265042,"sku":"9781474492997","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_062e5cb6-a658-4d89-9e4b-6709c7a3ae8f.jpg?v=1754901510","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/transatlantic-threads-scottish-linen-and-society-c1707-1780-9781474492997","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}