Silk and tea in the north : Scandinavian trade and the market for Asian goods in eighteenth-century Europe /: Scandinavian trade and the market for Asian goods in eighteenth-century Europe. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hanna Hodacs.
• Authors: Hodacs, Hanna, 1971-
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Colour Plates; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Global, European and Scandinavian Histories and the East India Trade; Following tea and silk to the North; Global history and the Scandinavian Eurasian trade; Early-modern consumption in Europe and Scandinavia; Useful knowledge, material culture and change; Outline of the book; 1 The Scandinavian Trade with China; Excitement, speculations and rumours; Histories of the Scandinavian East India companies; The same but different; Overlapping sources 2 Dusty, Ready-blended Tea from the North; Scandinavian smuggled goods and the British tea market; Swift dealings greased by silver; Assessing, negotiating and blending tea like the Swedes; Packing and tracking the cargo; Competition and transparency on the European tea market; A European taste convergence; Conclusion; 3 A Colourful Cargo for a Motley People; Silk and European fashion; Chinese silk close up; Irregular and diverging; Controversial populuxe; Colours by name; Fluctuating colours and fixed assortments; Conclusion; 4 Transferring and Substituting Tea and Colours; Inventing Canton Kings tea and Cape tea; From China to India, via Sweden; Global dyes and local colours; Universal colours and synthetic dyes; Conclusion; 5 Conclusion -- New Chronologies and Geographies; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages)
• Subjects: 382.09405; History; Tea -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; Silk -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Exports & Imports; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Marketing; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs; Commerce; Silk; Tea; History -- Europe -- General; History -- Social History; Political Science -- Labor & Industrial Relations; European history; Social & cultural history; History -- Asia -- General; Asian history; Europe -- Commerce -- Asia -- History -- 18th century; Asia -- Commerce -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; Asia; Europe; Electronic books; History; History -- 18th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137455444; 1137455446
• Related ISBNs: 9781137455437; 1137455438
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 6, 2016).
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