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尤物：太平洋的丝绸全球史
Duan Xiaolin
From the 16th to the 17th centuries, Chinese silk became popular on both sides of the Pacific. It was transformed from a unique item for princes and nobles into a "beautiful item" that transcended social classes. The emergence of transoceanic silk trade symbolized the formation of a global commercial network, and the emergence of a world-wide material culture. Compared with the Indian Ocean route, the Pacific route was unique in that it directly connected Ming Dynasty China with the Spanish Empire. This raises a series of new questions: Why are Chinese raw silk and silk fabrics popular in the American market? Facing the wave of silk globalization, what were the similarities and differences in the responses of China and Spain in the Ming Dynasty? How does the global world affect these two countries with long histories? This book provides answers to the above questions through comparison across the Pacific.
From the 16th to the 17th centuries, Chinese silk became popular on both sides of the Pacific. It was transformed from a unique item for princes and nobles into a "beautiful item" that transcended social classes. The emergence of transoceanic silk trade symbolized the formation of a global commercial network, and the emergence of a world-wide material culture. Compared with the Indian Ocean route, the Pacific route was unique in that it directly connected Ming Dynasty China with the Spanish Empire. This raises a series of new questions: Why are Chinese raw silk and silk fabrics popular in the American market? Facing the wave of silk globalization, what were the similarities and differences in the responses of China and Spain in the Ming Dynasty? How does the global world affect these two countries with long histories? This book provides answers to the above questions through comparison across the Pacific.