Chinese Porcelain in Colonial Mexico The Material Worlds of an Early Modern Trade /

• Main Author: Priyadarshini, Meha (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Pacific History
• Subjects: Asia-History.; Latin America-History.; Imperialism.; Civilization-History.; Social history.; Asian History.; Latin American History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Cultural History.; Social History.

This book follows Chinese porcelain through the commodity chain, from its production in China to trade with Spanish Merchants in Manila, and to its eventual adoption by colonial society in Mexico. As trade connections increased in the early modern period, porcelain became an immensely popular and gl...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction: A Global Commodity in the Transpacific Trade
• 2 Crafting a Global Brand: Jingdezhen in the Early Modern World
• 3 From Junk to Galleon: Commercial Activity in Manila
• 4 A Parián in the Plaza Mayor: Making Space for Asia in Colonial Mexico
• 5 Blue-and-White Chocolateros: Crafting a Local Aesthetic in a Colonial Context
• 6 Conclusion: Themes from a Connected World.-.