Zinc for Coin and Brass: Bureaucrats, Merchants, Artisans, and Mining Laborers in Qing China, ca. 1680s–1830s...

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Hailian Chen

Zinc for Coin and Brass

Bureaucrats, Merchants, Artisans, and Mining Laborers in Qing China, ca. 1680s–1830s

Hailian Chen

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English

Brill
06 December 2018

Asian history; Social & cultural history; Economic history; Iron, steel & metals industries

Series: Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900

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.

By: Hailian Chen
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 11
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 45mm
Weight: 1.396kg
ISBN: 9789004383005
ISBN 10: 900438300X
Series: Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900
Pages: 822
Publication Date: 06 December 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hailian Chen, Ph.D. (2018, Tübingen), is an engineer-sinologist trained at the Universities of Tsinghua and Tübingen. She is the author of several peer-reviewed articles on zinc and coal and, at present, teaches various courses on modern China at Trier University.