Oriental networks : culture, commerce, and communication in the long eighteenth century /

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"Oriental Networks explores forms of interconnectedness between Western and Eastern hemispheres during the long eighteenth century, a period of improving transportation technology, expansion of intercultural contacts, and the emergence of a global economy. In eight case studies and a substantia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Czennia, Bärbel, 1961- (Editor ), Clingham, Greg (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisberg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2021]
Colección:Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Temas:
1700-1799
East and West > History > 18th century.
Globalization > History > 18th century.
Civilization, Modern > 18th century.
Social networks > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > History > 18th century.
Mondialisation > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Réseaux sociaux > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY / General
Civilization, Modern.
East and West.
Enlightenment.
Globalization.
Social networks.
Soziales Netzwerk
Soziale Unterstützung
Kontaktpflege
Internationale Produktion
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: Oriental Networks in the Long Eighteenth Century
  • 1. Knowing and Growing Tea: China, Britain, and the Formation of a Modern Global Commodity
  • 2. China-Pugs: The Global Circulation of Chinoiseries, Porcelain, and Lapdogs, 1660-1800
  • 3. Green Rubies from the Ganges: Eighteenth-Century Gardening as Intercultural Networking
  • 4. The Blood of Noble Martyrs: Penelope Aubin's Global Economy of Virtue as Critique of Imperial Networks
  • 5. Robert Morrison and the Dialogic Representation of Imperial China
  • 6. At Home with Empire? Charles Lamb, the East India Company, and "The South Sea House"
  • 7. Commerce and Cosmology on Lord George Macartney's Embassy to China, 1792-1794
  • 8. Extreme Networking: Maria Graham's Mountaintop, Underground, Intercontinental, and Otherwise Multidimensional Connections
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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