{"product_id":"borderland-capitalism-kwangmin-kim-9780804799232","title":"Borderland Capitalism: Turkestan Produce, Qing Silver, and the Birth of an Eastern Market","description":"\u003cp\u003eScholars have long been puzzled by why Muslim landowners in Central Asia, called begs, stayed loyal to the Qing empire when its political legitimacy and military power were routinely challenged. \u003ci\u003eBorderland Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e argues that converging interests held them together: the local Qing administration needed the Turkic begs to develop resources and raise military revenue while the begs needed access to the Chinese market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing upon multilingual sources and archival material, Kwangmin Kim shows how the begs aligned themselves with the Qing to strengthen their own plantation-like economic system. As controllers of food supplies, commercial goods, and human resources, the begs had the political power to dictate the fortunes of governments in the region. Their political choice to cooperate with the Qing promoted an expansion of the Qing's emerging international trade at the same time that Europe was developing global capitalism and imperialism. \u003ci\u003eBorderland Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e shows the Qing empire as a quintessentially early modern empire and points the way toward a new understanding of the rise of a global economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kwangmin Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804799237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804799232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2017","brand":"Kwangmin Kim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926237282559,"sku":"9780804799232","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b1b6974e-4284-4a20-bd9e-7cc42d2f9a05.jpg?v=1681081961","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/borderland-capitalism-kwangmin-kim-9780804799232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}