A Global History of Silk: Trade and Production from the 16th to the Mid-20th Century

Pierre Vernus is an associate professor of modern history at University Lumière Lyon 2 (France). His research focuses on economic and business history and on digital history. He directed and participated in several French or international collective research projects on businessmen, business interest organizations, and silk heritage. He authored or edited several books including Art, luxe et industrie. Bianchini Férier, un siècle de soieries lyonnaises, 1888-1992 [Art, luxury and industry. Bianchini Férier, a century of Lyon silkwares, 1888-1992]. Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 2006.

Manuela Martini is a professor of modern history at the University Lumière Lyon 2 (France) and a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. She belongs to the editorial collective of Gender & History and has published extensively in French, Italian, Spanish, German, and English on European economic history, gender history, and international labour migrations. Her recent publications on the history of labour and textile industry include the edited book Textile knots. Remunerations, Labour Relations and Gender in Europe during the Industrialization (18th-early 20th century), Brepols, 2024, forthcoming.

Tomoko Hashino is a professor of economic history at Kobe University (Japan). Her research interests are in the evolutionary process of the textile industry as well as the comparative development history of weaving districts in modern Japan. She coedited the book Industrial Districts in History and the Developing World, published by Springer in 2016. Her articles appear in Economic History Review, Business History Review, Australian Economic History Review, and Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Hitotsubashi University in 2003 and has been a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales, the London School of Economics, George Washington University, Stanford University, University of Cape Town, and Université Lyon 2.

皮埃爾·維爾紐斯（Pierre Vernus）是法國里昂大學（University Lumière Lyon 2）的現代歷史副教授。他的研究專注於經濟與商業歷史以及數位歷史。他指導並參與了多個法國或國際的集體研究項目，主題包括商人、商業利益組織及絲綢遺產。他著作或編輯了多本書籍，包括《藝術、奢華與工業：比安基尼·費里耶，里昂絲綢的一個世紀，1888-1992》（Art, luxe et industrie. Bianchini Férier, un siècle de soieries lyonnaises, 1888-1992），由格勒諾布爾大學出版社（Presses universitaires de Grenoble）於2006年出版。

馬努埃拉·馬丁尼（Manuela Martini）是法國里昂大學的現代歷史教授，也是法國大學研究院（Institut Universitaire de France）的高級成員。她是《性別與歷史》（Gender & History）編輯集體的成員，並在法語、意大利語、西班牙語、德語和英語上廣泛發表有關歐洲經濟歷史、性別歷史及國際勞動移民的研究。她最近的出版物包括編輯書籍《紡織結：工業化時期（18世紀至20世紀初）歐洲的報酬、勞動關係與性別》（Textile knots. Remunerations, Labour Relations and Gender in Europe during the Industrialization），將於2024年由Brepols出版。

橋野智子（Tomoko Hashino）是日本神戶大學的經濟歷史教授。她的研究興趣包括紡織業的演變過程以及現代日本織造區的比較發展歷史。她共同編輯的書籍《歷史與發展中國家的工業區》（Industrial Districts in History and the Developing World）於2016年由Springer出版。她的文章發表於《經濟歷史評論》（Economic History Review）、《商業歷史評論》（Business History Review）、《澳大利亞經濟歷史評論》（Australian Economic History Review）及《日本與國際經濟學刊》（Journal of the Japanese and International Economies）。她於2003年在一橋大學獲得經濟學博士學位，並曾擔任新南威爾士大學、倫敦政治經濟學院、喬治·華盛頓大學、斯坦福大學、開普敦大學及里昂大學的訪問研究員。