This multifaceted analysis of quilts sheds light on the histories of women, textiles, and American art and culture. Janet Berlo is professor of art history at the University of Rochester in New York. She is the author of "Native North American Art" and a memoir, "Quilting Lessons", and is the editor of "The Early Years of Native American Art History: The Politics of Scholarship and Collecting". Patricia Cox Crews is professor of textiles and director of the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the editor of "Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers" and "A Flowering of Quilts". Other contributors include Carolyn Ducey, Jonathan Holstein, and Michael James.
