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Objectifying China, Imagining America

Chinese Commodities in Early America

Автор: Caroline Frank

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Издател: The University of Chicago Press

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With the ever-expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east f...

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Автор

Caroline Frank

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2012

страници

280

EAN

9780226260273

ISBN

0226260275

Enbook ID

04544834

Издател

The University of Chicago Press

Теглоt

454

Размери

152 x 229 x 20

Пълно описание

With the ever-expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east for goods and trade. But as Caroline Frank reveals, this is not a new development. China loomed as large in the minds - and account books - of eighteenth-century Americans as it does today. Long before they had achieved independence from Britain and were able to sail to Asia themselves, American mariners, merchants, and consumers were aware of the East Indies and preparing for voyages there. Focusing on the trade and consumption of porcelain, tea, and chinoiserie, Frank shows that colonial Americans saw themselves as part of a world much larger than just Britain and Europe. Frank not only recovers the widespread presence of Chinese commodities in early America and the impact of East Indies trade on the nature of American commerce, but also explores the role of this trade in American state formation. She argues that to understand how Chinese commodities fueled the opening acts of the Revolution, we must consider the power dynamics of the American quest for china - and China - during the colonial period. Filled with fresh and surprising insights, this ambitious study adds new dimensions to the ongoing story of America's relationship with China.