| Zinc for Coin and Brass: Bureaucrats, Merchants, Artisans, and Mining Laborers in Qing China, Ca. 1680s-1830s Contributor(s): Chen (Author) |
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ISBN: 900438300X ISBN-13: 9789004383005 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $268.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Asia - General - History | Middle East - General |
| Series: Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (2.82 lbs) 822 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |