Actually existing silk roads

Bibliographic Data

ID6154337
AuthorsМагнус Марсден (University of Sussex, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume8
Issue1
Pages22-30
Publication date2016-11-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Eurasian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1879-3665 • E-ISSN: 1879-3673
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.euras.2016.11.006
OpenAlexW2556500226
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited16

This article explores the relevance of the concept of Silk Road for understanding the patterns of trade and exchange between China, Eurasia and the Middle East. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Yiwu, in China's Zhejiang Province. Yiwu is a node in the global distribution of Chinese ‘small commodities’ and home to merchants and traders from across Asia and beyond. The article explores the role played by traders from Afghanistan in connecting the city of Yiwu to markets and trading posts in the world beyond. It seeks to bring attention to the diverse types of networks involved in such forms of trade, as well as their emergence and development over the past thirty years

Archaeology · Business · Central asia · China · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Ethnography · Geography · International trade · Political science · Relevance (law · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Global Influence and Migration · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

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