An object of seduction : Chinese silk in the early modern transpacific trade, 1500-1700

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Full Title:: An object of seduction : Chinese silk in the early modern transpacific trade, 1500-1700 / Xiaolin Duan
Series Titles:: Empires and entanglements in the early modern world
Empires and entanglements in the early modern world.

Subjects:: Silk industry--China--History
Silk industry--New Spain--History
Silk garments--China--History
Silk garments--New Spain--History
China--Commerce--New Spain--History
New Spain--Commerce--China--History

Table of Contents:: Production: the development of sericulture and interacting with the natural environment -- Trade: negotiations between central governments and local societies -- Fashion: the desire for luxury silk, the color red, and foreignness -- Regulation: sumptuary laws and the decline of the traditional authorities.
Summary:: "An Object of Seduction explores the early modern transpacific 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"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xi, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.