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Record Nr.

UNINA9910424947103321

Autore

Pérez García Manuel

Titolo

Global History with Chinese Characteristics : Autocratic States along the Silk Road in the Decline of the Spanish and Qing Empires 1680-1796 / / by Manuel Perez-Garcia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9789811578656

9811578656

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXV, 244 p. 35 illus., 15 illus. in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History, , 2662-7973

Classificazione

BUS023000HIS008000HIS010000

Disciplina

951

Soggetti

China - History

Europe - History - 1492-

Economic history

History of China

History of Early Modern Europe

Economic History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Implementation of the New Global History in China -- The “Global History Paradox” in China: Sinocentred Approaches along the Silk Road -- The Mandate of Heaven, the Rule of the Emperor: Self-sufficiency of the Middle-Kingdom -- Silver, Rogues, and Trade Networks: Sangleyes and Manila Galleons connecting the Spanish Empire and Qing China -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book examines perceptions and dialogues between China and Europe by analysing strategic geopolitical sites which fostered commerce, consumption and socioeconomic networks between China and Europe through a particular case study: Macau, connecting with South China, and Marseille in Mediterranean Europe from 1680 to 1800. How did foreign merchant networks and trans‐national communities of Macau and Marseille operate during the eighteenth century and contribute to somehow transfer respectively European and Chinese socio‐cultural habits and forms in local



population? What was the degree and channels of consumption of European goods in China and Chinese goods in Europe? Through these questions the book explores the bilateral Sino‐European trade relations and considers how the trans‐national dimension of exotic commodities changed tastes by creating a new type of global consumerism.