Textiles in the Pacific, 1500-1900 / edited by Debin Ma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ma, Debin.

Series:

Pacific world ; Volume 12.

Pacific World. Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900 ; Volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile industry--Asia--History.

Textile industry.

Textile industry--Australia--History.

Textile industry--History.

Textile fabrics--History.

Textile fabrics.

International trade--History.

International trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Textiles in the Pacific, 1500-1900 brings together 13 articles which include both classics and lesser-known but important works related to the trade and production of textiles in the Pacific region, extending from the tip of Northeast Asia to the other end of South America and Australia. Collectively these articles bring out two central themes, as highlighted in the introduction. First, there is the leading role of textiles in linking up the economies across the Pacific in the era before the 19th-century rise of steam-engine-powered global integration. Second is the crucial role of textile manufacturing and trade in the early stage of industrialization for most of the developing Pacific economies after the 19th century. The volume also reflects both revolutionary shifts in paradigms and revisions of traditional consensus, and seeks to present a more balanced account of global trade and market integration in the early modern period.

Contents:

pt. 1. Silk across the Pacific

pt. 2. Flows of technology and institution : east and west

pt. 3. Cotton and cloth along the Pacific

pt. 4. Wool in Australia.

Notes:

First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-138-37890-9

1-315-24162-5

1-351-89560-5

9781315241623

OCLC:

975221960