China's Silk Trade : Traditional Industry in the Modern World, 1842-1937 / Lillian M. Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Lillian M., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 97.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 97

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silk industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1981.

Other Title:

Traditional Industry in the Modern World, 1842-1937

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1981.

Summary:

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. This study analyzes the development of China's silk industry in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The Technology of Silk

The State and Traditional Enterprise

The Silk Export Trade

Foreign Trade and Domestic Growth

Foreign Trade and the Rural Economy

Foreign Trade and Modern Enterprise

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary I

Glossary II

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-231-4

OCLC:

576853423

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172313 DOI