While cotton was a world-changing good in the early modern period, for
producers, merchants, and consumers, it was but one of many different
fabrics. This volume explores this dichotomy by contextualizing cotton
within its contemporary culture of textiles. In doing, it focuses on a
long, under-researched region: the German-speaking world, particularly
Switzerland, which transformed into one of the most prolific European
regions for the production of printed cottons in the eighteenth century.
Sixteen contributions investigate the (globally entangled) history of
Indiennes, silk, wool, and embroideries, giving new insights into
the manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of textiles between 1500
and 1900.