UID:
almahu_9949703619202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004383043
Series Statement:
Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900, volume 11
Content:
Hailian Chen's pioneering study presents the first comprehensive history of Chinese zinc-an essential base metal used to produce brass and coin and a global commodity-over the long eighteenth century. Zinc, she argues, played a far greater role in the Qing economy and in integrating China into an emerging global economy, than has previously been recognized. Using commodity chain analysis and exploring over 5,800 items of archival documents, Chen demonstrates how this metal was produced, transported, traded, and consumed by human agents. Situating the zinc story within the human-environment framework, this book covers a broad and interdisciplinary range of political economy, material culture, environment, technology, and society, which casts new light on our understanding of early modern China.
Note:
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Tübingen, 2018.
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Front Matter --
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Copyright page --
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Dedication --
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Foreword /
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Acknowledgments --
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Maps --
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Tables --
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Figures --
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Spelling and Place Names --
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Abbreviations Used in Texts and Notes --
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Weights, Measures, and Currency --
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Introduction --
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Place, Space, and People --
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Zinc: China's Demand for a "Useless" Metal --
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Entrepreneurs: The Qing State and Merchants --
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Mining Policy, Law, and Practices --
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Mining Communities --
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Zinc Ores: Calamine and Blende --
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Zinc Mines --
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Technology --
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Output: Guizhou's Global Pre-eminence in Zinc Production --
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Energy --
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Transportation, and Commercialization and Consumption --
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Conclusion --
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Back Matter --
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Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Zinc for Coin and Brass Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, [2018], ISBN 9789004383005
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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