Caroline Frank, Objectifying China, Imagining America
Chinese Commodities in Early America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6187643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paola Gemme (Arkansas Tech University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.9852 |
| OpenAlex | W4871497 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In her Objectifying China, Imagining America, Caroline Frank argues that British North America was involved in the China trade well before independence and she goes on to explore the significance of the quest for and consumption of Chinese commodities to the political identity of the colonies on the verge of the Revolutionary War. The book is excitingly new on several fronts. While previous scholars date Anglo America’s commercial engagement with China to the post-revolutionary era, Frank fi
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · China · Consumption (sociology · Economic history · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |