China's Silk Trade: Traditional Industry in the Modern World, 1842-1937

ISBN-13: 9780674119628 / Angielski / Twarda / 1981 / 300 str.

Lillian M. Li

Opis

Of all the products associated with the material wealth and cultural splendor of traditional Chinese civilization, none was so quintessentially Chinese as silk. From the most ancient times silk played a role in Chinese history, both as a symbol of imperial tradition and as a mainstay of the peasant economy.