A Global History of Silk : Trade and Production from the 16th to the Mid-20th Century

Introduction: Silks, A Global Perspective -- Part I: Exchanges, Markets And Trade -- 1. The Golden Age Of Valencian Silk? Rise, Crisis And Productive Reconversion Of The Valencian Silk Industry (18th-19th Centuries) -- 2. Auctions And The Distribution Of Silks In The United Provinces In The 18th Century -- 3. The Impact Of Sino-European Trade On Chinese Silk Production From The Mid 17th To The Early 20th Century -- 4. From Southeast Asia To Japan. Trade, Circulation, And Uses Of Silk In 17th Century East Asia -- Part II Labour Organization, Economic Hierarchies, And Gender -- 5. A Delicate Equilibrium: State Projects, Guild Dynamics, And Personal Interests In Silk Weaving In Ancient Regime. Turin, 18th Century -- 6. The Japanese Silk Reeling Industry And Women’s Labor: The Case Of The Tomioka Silk Mill -- 7. Around The Weft And The Warp: The Transformation Of Auxiliary Trades In Lyon Silk Manufacturing In The 18th And 19th Centuries -- Part III Institutions, Technology, And Transfer Of Knowledge -- 8. Organization For Quality Control: Branding In The Japanese Silk Reeling Industry -- 9. Facing Rising Uncertainty On The Silk Market From The Mid 19th Century To 1914 -- 10. Rewarded Inventions And Repositories In 19th-Century Lyon Silk Industry: A Pattern Of Collective Management Of The ‘Public Domain’ -- 11. From Lyon To Kyoto: Technology Transfer, Inflow Of Knowledge, And Modernization Of Traditional Silk-Weaving District In Japan, 1887-1927 -- Index.