Zinc for coin and brass: a commodity chain analysis approach to studying resources in early modern Chinese history (2022)
Hailian Chen (Author)
Ferrum
Volume: 92
Pages: 38-47
Edition Details: Issue Theme: Raw Materials. Natural Resources in History
Language: English
Zinc was an essential base metal used to produce coin and brass in late imperial China and was also a global commodity exported from China to other parts of Asia and Europe in the early modern period. This article is a highly condensed result of the author's zinc research project. It provides a methodological approach to our understanding of natural resources in history by tracing zinc's commodity chain (including demand, production, transport, commercialization and consumption). At the intersections of technology and resources, the history of the Chinese zinc enterprise was an integration of a variety of resources (including zinc ores, capital, coal fuel, human labor, draft animals, and many other raw materials and types of "ecological footprints," such as food resources).
...MoreArticle Andreas Müller (2022) Naturliche Ressourcen: ein historiche Blick auf ein aktuelles Thema (Natural Resources: A Historical look at a contempotary issue). Ferrum.
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