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

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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.

Product details

Authors Xiaolin Duan
Publisher Lexington Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.09.2023
 
EAN 9781793614926
ISBN 978-1-79361-492-6
No. of pages 230
Series Empires and Entanglements in the Early Modern World
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories

China, ART / History / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Asia / China, General & world history, History of Art, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, International Trade, Oriental art

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