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Object of Seduction - Chinese Silk in the Early Modern Transpacific Trade, 15001700

English · Hardback

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An Object of Seduction explores the early modern trans-Pacific export of Chinese silk to New Spain. It argues that the increasing demand for silk contributed to the parallel development of silk fashion and sericulture in China and New Spain, and also created conflicts on imperial regulations about foreign trade and hierarchical systems.

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Chapter One: Production: The Development of Sericulture and Interacting with the Natural Environment
Chapter Two: Trade: Negotiations Between Central Governments and Local Societies
Chapter Three: Fashion: The Desire for Luxury Silk, the Color Red, and Foreignness
Chapter Four: Regulation: Sumptuary Laws and the Decline of the Traditional Authorities


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By Xiaolin Duan

Summary

An Object of Seduction explores the early modern trans-Pacific export of Chinese silk to New Spain. It argues that the increasing demand for silk contributed to the parallel development of silk fashion and sericulture in China and New Spain, and also created conflicts on imperial regulations about foreign trade and hierarchical systems.

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