The Story of Abaca: Manila Hemp’s Transformation from Textile to Marine Cordage and Specialty Paper is a detailed history of the Philippine abaca industry and the transformation of Manila hemp from a local fiber crop to a globally significant material used in textiles, marine cordage, and specialty paper. This title is not presently distributed in the United States.
Publisher: Ateneo de Manila University Press
Author: Elizabeth Potter Sievert
Year: 2009
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9789715505840
Language: English
Pages: 310
Suitable for collectors and readers interested in natural fibers, Southeast Asian economic history, colonial and postcolonial commodity networks, papermaking, textiles and cordage, tropical agriculture, and the social history of everyday materials.
