Silk for Silver

2007 History

Author : Anh Tuấan HoÁng
Release : 2007
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 011/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Silk for Silver by : Anh Tuấan HoÁng

Download or read book Silk for Silver written by Anh Tuấan HoÁng. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the political and commercial relations between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Vietnamese kingdom of Tonkin from 1637 until the beginning of the eighteenth century. The VOC exported silk and silk piece-goods from Tonkin to Japan. The author focuses on various aspects of the mutual relationship between the VOC and Tonkin, and how this fitted into the larger picture of the intra-Asian trade. The book reveals the vicissitudes in political relations, and the varying trends in the VOC's import (silver and copper) and export (silk, ceramics, musk, and gold). While examining a great deal of detailed archival materials, the author evaluates Dutch influence on Tonkin's feudal society and economy. The book also offers a fascinating sketch of how the Vietnamese trading elite maximized their own profits by dealing with various western tradesmen, including the English and French.

Silk and Silver

2018-10-18 Fiction

Author : Andrew Shields
Release : 2018-10-18
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 611/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silk and Silver written by Andrew Shields. This book was released on 2018-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heist goes wrong, somebody important gets stabbed, and crime in Silkshore loses its balance. As a gang war looms, two criminal crews maneuver through the haunted and corrupt city of Doskvol, using crime and diplomacy to survive and get paid. Based in the setting of John Harper's tabletop role playing game Blades in the Dark.

Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves

2024-05-31 Fiction

Author : Lio Mangubat
Release : 2024-05-31
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 372/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves written by Lio Mangubat. This book was released on 2024-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A country’s history is like a jigsaw puzzle. The bigger picture of how a country and its people came to be can be pieced together through multiple narratives, perspectives, and stories. In Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves, Lio Mangubat reaches back into the depths of colonial archives and brings to life long-lost stories that would otherwise have been footnotes in Philippine history. Featuring 13 essays inspired by his podcast series The Colonial Dept., Mangubat spins tales of galleons, triads, fickle spirits, long-lost maps, and the secret history of otters. In these pages, learn about how the entire country became mad for baseball; how Mexican fighter pilots flew dangerous missions over the Philippines during World War II; or how American occupiers fell victim to a mysterious illness called “Philippinitis". Beyond revisiting days gone by, Mangubat also connects the threads of each story to the wider tapestry of world history — and how these can unspool even up to our current time. A masterful storyteller and podcaster, he proves that the past can loom larger than the present.

American silver and the silk wars of the 16th century

Silk industry

Author : Ersal Yavi
Release :
Genre : Silk industry
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Silk for the Vikings

2014-05-30 History

Author : Marianne Vedeler
Release : 2014-05-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 153/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silk for the Vikings written by Marianne Vedeler. This book was released on 2014-05-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumption of silk during the Viking Age. Beginning with a presentation of the silk finds in the Oseberg burial, the richest Viking burial find ever discovered, the other silk finds from high status graves in Scandinavia are discussed along with an introduction to the techniques used to produce raw silk and fabrics. Later chapters concentrate on trade and exchange, considering the role of silk items both as trade objects and precious gifts, and in the light of coin finds. The main trade routes of silk to Scandinavia along the Russian rivers, and comparable Russian finds are described and the production and regulation of silk in Persia, early Islamic production areas and the Byzantine Empire discussed. The final chapter considers silk as a social actor in various contexts in Viking societies compared to the Christian west.

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