| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Encounters with Asia |
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Encounters with Asia.
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| Contents |
Part I. From the sea to the steppe: Chapter 1. Properties of pearls -- Chapter 2. Fishing and processing -- Chapter 3. Accumulation of pearls -- Chapter 4. Treasures and treasuries -- Chapter 5. Display and redistribution -- Chapter 6. A Consumer culture -- Chapter 7. Fecundity and good fortune -- Chapter 8. Pearls after the Empire -- Part II. Comparisons and influence: Chapter 9. Prices of pearls -- Chapter 10. Myths and marketing -- Chapter 11. Substitutes and counterfeits -- Chapter 12. By land and by sea -- Chapter 13. Balance of trade -- Chapter 14. Sea frotiers |
| Summary |
In Thomas T. Allsen's analysis, pearls illuminate Mongolian exceptionalism in steppe history, the interconnections between overland and seaborne trade, recurrent patterns in the employment of luxury goods in the political cultures of empires, and the consequences of such goods for local and regional economies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Pearls -- Asia -- History -- To 1500
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Mongols -- Commerce -- Asia -- History -- To 1500
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Pearls
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Asia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812295900 |
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0812295900 |
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