Global Trade, Smuggling, and the Making of Economic Liberalism by Felicia Gottmann

Global Trade, Smuggling, and the Making of Economic Liberalism by Felicia Gottmann

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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.

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Global Trade, Smuggling, and the Making of Economic Liberalism by Felicia Gottmann

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.

Maxine Berg is Professor of History at the University of Warwick, UK, where she has taught since 1978. She is also a Fellow of the British Academy, Founder and Co-Director of the Global History and Culture Centre at Warwick, and was Senior Researcher for the European Research Council. Her recent books include Writing the History of the Global: Challenges for the Twenty-first Century (2013) and Luxury and Pleasure in Eighteenth-Century Britain (2005).

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ISBN 13 9781349684717
ISBN 10 1349684716
Title Global Trade, Smuggling, and the Making of Economic Liberalism
Author Felicia Gottmann
Series Europe's Asian Centuries
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 2016-02-03
Number of pages 266
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