Bibliograph

Global trade, smuggling, and the making of economic liberalism, Asian textiles in France 1680-1760, Felicia Gottmann (Leverhulme ECR Fellow, the Scottish Centre for Global History, University of Dundee)

Type

Label

Global trade, smuggling, and the making of economic liberalism, Asian textiles in France 1680-1760, Felicia Gottmann (Leverhulme ECR Fellow, the Scottish Centre for Global History, University of Dundee)

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Global trade, smuggling, and the making of economic liberalism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

945230894

Responsibility statement

Felicia Gottmann (Leverhulme ECR Fellow, the Scottish Centre for Global History, University of Dundee)

Series statement

Europe's Asian Centuries

Sub title

Asian textiles in France 1680-1760

Summary

Imported from India, China, the Levant, and Persia and appreciated for their diversity, designs, fast bright colours and fine weave, Asian textiles became so popular in France that in 1686 the state banned their import, consumption and imitation. A fateful decision. This book tells the story of smuggling on a vast scale, savvy retailers and rebellious consumers. It also reveals how reformers in the French administration itself sponsored a global effort to acquire the technological know-how necessary to produce such textiles and how the vitriolic debates surrounding the eventual abolition of the ban were one of the decisive moments in the development of Enlightenment economic liberalism.--, Provided by Publisher

Classification