China’s silk trade: traditional industry in the modern world, 1842–1937
Auteur :
Li, Lillian M.
Éditeur :
Harvard University, Asia Center
ISBN :
9780674119628
Date de publication :
7 août 1981
Poids :
726 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The development of modern China’s most important export commodity, silk, is traced from the opening of the treaty ports to the 1930s. This study examines the silk industry, one of China’s most advanced traditional economic enterprises, as it moved into large-scale trade with the West.