Indigo
Subtitle: in search of the color that seduced the world
By: Catherine E. McKinley
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608195053
Subjects: Civilization; Indigo; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics; Indigo industry; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An invitation, Ghana; title: A burning heart, Ghana; title: Widow's blues, Ghana; title: The road to Bobo-Dialousso, Burkina Faso; title: The chanel of Africa, Ghana; title: Amazons, wives of the gods, and Mama Benz, Ghana/Togo/Benin; title: Not everything you can own, Cote d'Ivoire; title: The beautiful one, Ghana; title: Mothers of ash, Nigeria; title: Blue gold and concubines, Niger?; title: Divine sky, Senegal and New York City; title: It's never late, New York City.