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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"For almost five millennia, in every culture and every major religion, indigo--a blue pigment obtained from the small green leaf of a parasitic shurb through a complex process that even scientists still regard as mysterious--has been at the center of turbulent human encounters. Indigo is the story of this precious dye and its ancient heritage ... But Indigo is also the story of a personal quest: McKinley's adoptive parents descend from a clan of Scots...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For almost five millennia, indigo - a blue pigment obtained from the small green leaf of a parasitic shrub - has been at the centre of turbulent human encounters, prized by slave traders, religious figures and the fashion world. "Indigo" is the story of this precious dye and its ancient heritage: its relationship to slavery as the 'hidden half' of the transatlantic slave trade, its profound influence on fashion, and its spiritual significance. It...
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