Book ID: CBB929485585

Zinc for coin and brass : Bureaucrats, merchants, artisans, and mining laborers in Qing China, ca. 1680s-1830s (2019)

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Hailian Chen (Author)


Brill


Publication Date: 2019
Edition Details: Book Series: Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900, no. 11;
Physical Details: 788
Language: English

Hailian Chen's pioneering study presents the first comprehensive history of Chinese zinc--an essential base metal used to produce brass and coin and a global commodity--over the long eighteenth century. Zinc, she argues, played a far greater role in the Qing economy and in integrating China into an emerging global economy, than has previously been recognized. Using commodity chain analysis and exploring over 5,800 items of archival documents, Chen demonstrates how this metal was produced, transported, traded, and consumed by human agents. Situating the zinc story within the human-environment framework, this book covers a broad and interdisciplinary range of political economy, material culture, environment, technology, and society, which casts new light on our understanding of early modern China. (Publisher)

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Review Ernst Homburg (January 2022) Review of "Zinc for coin and brass : Bureaucrats, merchants, artisans, and mining laborers in Qing China, ca. 1680s-1830s". Technology and Culture (pp. 257-259). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Luk, Crystal Tsing-Tsing
Chiang, Chu-Shan
Statman, Alexander
Xueshun Liu
Lai, Chi-Tim
Li, Xinsheng
Concepts
Mathematics
Borderlands
East Asia, civilization and culture
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Medicine
Astronomy
Time Periods
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
18th century
19th century
Modern
17th century
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Places
China
Mongolia
Beijing (China)
Japan
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Astronomical Bureau (China)
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