{"product_id":"an-object-of-seduction-xiaolin-duan-9781793614902","title":"An Object of Seduction: Chinese Silk in the Early Modern Transpacific Trade, 1500-1700","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book-length English-language study focusing on the early modern export of Chinese silk to New Spain from the sixteenth to the seventeenth century, \u003ci\u003eAn Object of Seduction\u003c\/i\u003e compares and contrasts the two regions from perspectives of the sericulture development, the widespread circulation of silk fashion, and the government attempts at regulating the use of silk. Xiaolin Duan argues that the increasing demand for silk on the worldwide market on the one hand contributed to the parallel development of silk fashion and sericulture in China and New Spain, and on the other hand created conflicts on imperial regulations about foreign trade and hierarchical systems. Incorporating evidence from local gazetteers, correspondence, manual books, illustrated treatises, and miscellanies, this book explores how the growing desire for and production of raw silk and silk textiles empowered individuals and societies to claim and redefine their positions in changing time and space, thus breaking away from the traditional state control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xiaolin Duan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1793614903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781793614902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Xiaolin Duan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981750305023,"sku":"9781793614902","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4156aa0c-5fe4-452c-9109-696988fb440c.jpg?v=1683257336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-object-of-seduction-xiaolin-duan-9781793614902","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}