An Object of Seduction: The Early Modern Trans-Pacific Silk Trade

An Object of Seduction: The Early Modern Trans-Pacific Silk Trade

Xiaolin Duan

3-4 sessions

This module looks into the 16^th-18^th century Asia-Pacific silk trade, with a particular focus on southeast China, Manila in Philippine, and New Spain (colonial Mexico). It traces the production, consumption, and regulation of Chinese silk textiles as they circulated through the social worlds and trade networks. Taking a comparative perspective, this module focuses on the similarities and interconnectedness between Ming dynasty China and colonial Mexico to understand how the fashion of wearing silk textiles contributed to the formation of the global market and affected the traditional empires.

Silk Trade 0.0 Schedule at a glance

Silk Trade 0.1 About this module for Students_final

Silk Trade 0.2 About this module, for instructor

Silk Trade 0.3 bibliography

Silk Trade 0.4 Timeline (list format）

Silk Trade 0.5 Timeline (table format)

Silk Trade 1.1 Introduction

Silk Trade 1.2 Lecture note_introduction

Silk Trade 1.3 Marks_chapter 3

Silk Trade 1.4 Oxford History of Mexico Title page and pg 115-150

Silk Trade 1.6a Instructor_s manual for Marks chapter 3

Silk Trade 1.6b Key points discussed in Chinese history textbooks