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Episode 183: The Fabric of Our Lives

The History of English Podcast by Kevin Stroud

May 13, 20251:16:44Society & Culture

In the early 1600s, cotton fabrics made in India were in high demand throughout Asia and Africa. When the English and Dutch arrived in India and Japan, they realized how popular the fabric was, and they soon began to shi...

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Episode 183: The Fabric of Our Lives is an episode from The History of English Podcast by Kevin Stroud. In the early 1600s, cotton fabrics made in India were in high demand throughout Asia and Africa. When the English and Dutch arrived in I...

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Published May 13, 2025, 1:16:44 long, audio available.

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In the early 1600s, cotton fabrics made in India were in high demand throughout Asia and Africa. When the English and Dutch arrived in India and Japan, they realized how popular the fabric was, and they soon began to ship it back to northern Europe. In this episode, we explore how the ‘cotton craze’ of the 1600s shaped the modern world, and shaped the English language. We also examine the end of the Shakespearean period and the second English dictionary. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 183

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Published May 13, 2025 and 1:16:44 long