The origins of Dafeng, Lixin and Dacheng -- Technology networks in the Yangzi Delta -- Integrated firms in a dual market -- War and isolation -- The great leap outwards -- The socialist transition and the Shanghai : Hong Kong network -- Trade and industrialization in Hong Kong -- Networks in the...

"Barely literate, and supporting his mother and sisters from the age of ten, Abu Chaker built up a business empire--despite twice losing everything he had. Diana Darke follows his tumultuous journey, from instability in Syria and civil war in Lebanon, to his arrival in England in the 1970s,...

This collection examines cloth as a material and consumer object from early periods to the twenty-first century, across multiple oceanic sites-from Zanzibar, Muscat and Kampala to Ajanta, Srivijaya and Osaka. It moves beyond usual focuses on a single fibre (such as cotton) or place (such as...