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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
This book links the trade of the Danish and Swedish East India companies to the British taste for tea, a Scandinavian craving for colourful Chinese silk textiles, import substitutions schemes and natural history in the eighteenth century. It is a global history exploring the exchange of silver for goods in Canton. It is also a European history studying the wholesale market for Asian goods in Gothenburg and Copenhagen, the formation of taste and the impact of fashion in the blending of tea and the assortments of colours on wrought silk destined for markets across Europe. Linking material history to political economy and the histories of science, this book ends on the threshold of the nineteenth century, the rise of the second British Empire in Asia, and the creation of synthetic dyes in Europe.
Reviews
“Hodacs’s study is fine piece of historical scholarship, which draws upon insights from material history, economic history, and to a lesser extent the history of science. … Several illustrations and tables help readers find their way through the sometimes very dense but well-informed text, which sketches a rich canvas of European-Asian trade. By arguing for an integration of Scandinavia in histories of silk, tea, and other commodities,the study fills an important gap in historiography.” (Andreas Weber, Journal of World History, Vol. 28 (1), March, 2017)
“This volume adds both substance and nuance to our understanding of global trade and the evolving material systems that emerged within Europe.” (Beverly Lernire, Scandia, Vol. 83 (2), 2017)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Hanna Hodacs is currently based at the Center for the History of Science, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden; her work is concerned with Swedish naturalists in late 18th century London. She has previously worked at Warwick University, UK, Birmingham University, UK, and Uppsala University, Sweden.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Silk and Tea in the North
Book Subtitle: Scandinavian Trade and the Market for Asian Goods in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Authors: Hanna Hodacs
Series Title: Europe's Asian Centuries
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-45544-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45543-7Published: 17 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-68733-6Published: 13 April 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-45544-4Published: 17 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-3653
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3661
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 216
Topics: Asian History, European History, Cultural History, Labor History