An object of seduction : Chinese silk in the early modern transpacific trade, 1500-1700
Title:
An object of seduction : Chinese silk in the early modern transpacific trade, 1500-1700
Empires and entanglements in the early modern world
Empires and entanglements in the early modern world.
Author:
Duan, Xiaolin, author.
ISBN:
9781793614902
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Lanham : Lexington Books, c2022.
Physical Description:
xi, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series:
Empires and entanglements in the early modern world
Empires and entanglements in the early modern world.
Contents:
Production: the development of sericulture and interacting with the natural environment -- Trade: negotiations between central governments andlocal societies -- Fashion: the desire for luxury silk, the color red, andforeignness -- Regulation: sumptuary laws and the decline of the traditionalauthorities.
Abstract:
"An Object of Seduction explores the early modern transpacific export of Chinese silk to New Spain. It argues that the increasing demand for silkcontributed to the parallel development of silk fashion and sericulture inChina and New Spain, and also created conflicts on imperial regulationsabout foreign trade and hierarchical systems"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
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