Cloth and adornment were central drivers of European global conquest

Evidence

The desire to cover and adorn the European body is a central impetus behind the bloody rise to globality of this region. Cloth is among the earliest portable luxury goods to remake the earth in the image of trade and crime. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2844 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: European colonial expansion was driven by desire for cloth and adornment — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2844; European conquest annexed new worlds as possessions or trade dependencies. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 535

Broader Connections

• European colonial expansion was driven by desire for cloth and adornment #expands (0.97) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2844