Global Trade, Smuggling, and the Making of Economic Liberalism (eBook)
XIV, 266 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-44488-2 (ISBN)
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.
Felicia Gottmann is Leverhulme ECR Fellow at the University of Dundee's Scottish Centre for Global History, UK. After receiving her D.Phil from Oxford University in 2010, she was a Research Fellow on the ERC-funded project 'Europe's Asian Centuries: Trading Eurasia 1600-1830' at the University of Warwick.
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.
Felicia Gottmann is Leverhulme ECR Fellow at the University of Dundee's Scottish Centre for Global History, UK. After receiving her D.Phil from Oxford University in 2010, she was a Research Fellow on the ERC-funded project 'Europe's Asian Centuries: Trading Eurasia 1600-1830' at the University of Warwick.
Cover 1
Half Title 2
Title Page 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
List of Illustrations 9
Acknowledgements 12
Introduction 15
Part I Global Textiles 26
Prologue: Three French Women and Their Troublesome Textiles 27
1 Global Fabrics: The French Trade in Asian and Asian-Style Textiles 30
Part II Smuggling 62
2 Smuggling Textiles into France 63
3 Smuggled Textiles Worn in France: The Politics of Privilege and the Violence of Fashion 93
Part III The Making of Economic Liberalism 113
4 The State of Knowledge 114
5 Enlightenment Campaigning 148
Conclusion 187
Appendices 192
I French East India Company Textile imports 192
II French Levant Trade Textile Imports 193
III A Comparison of French Textile Imports via the Levant and via the East India Companies 200
IV Convictions by the Commission de Valence 201
Notes 203
Select Bibliography 244
Index 265
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.5.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Europe's Asian Centuries | Europe's Asian Centuries |
| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 266 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Technik | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
| Schlagworte | Bibliography • cotton • Early Modern France • East India Companies • economic liberalism • Enlightenment • France • global trade • India • Levant Trade • mercantilism • Political Economy • Politics • Smuggling • Technology Transfer • Textiles • Trade |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-44488-6 / 1137444886 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-44488-2 / 9781137444882 |
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