China’s Silk Trade - Traditional Industry in the Modern World, 1842–1937

Of all the products associated with the material wealth and cultural splendor of traditional Chinese civilization, none was so quintessentially Chinese as silk. From the most ancient times silk played a role in Chinese history, both as a symbol of imperial tradition and as a mainstay of the peasant economy.

Zusammenfassung

The development of modern China’s most important export commodity, silk, is traced from the opening of the treaty ports to the 1930s. This study examines the silk industry, one of China’s most advanced traditional economic enterprises, as it moved into large-scale trade with the West.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lillian M. Li, Lillian Ming-tse Li
• Verlag: Harvard University, Asia Center
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 07.08.1981
• EAN: 9780674119628
• ISBN: 978-0-674-11962-8
• Seiten: 300
• Abmessung: 161 mm x 234 mm x 29 mm
• Gewicht: 628 g
• Illustration: Illustrations
• Serien: Harvard East Asian Monographs; East Asian Monograph; Harvard East Asian Monographs
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges