Golden-Silk Smoke - A History of Tobacco in China, 1550-2010 (Hardcover)

From the long-stemmed pipe to snuff, the water pipe, hand-rolled cigarettes, and finally, manufactured cigarettes, the history of tobacco in China is the fascinating story of a commodity that became a hallmark of modern mass consumerism. Carol Benedict follows the spread of Chinese tobacco use from the sixteenth century, when it was introduced to China from the New World, through the development of commercialized tobacco cultivation, and to the present day. Along the way, she analyzes the factors that have shaped China's highly gendered tobacco cultures, and shows how they have evolved within a broad, comparative world-historical framework. Drawing from a wealth of historical sources--gazetteers, literati jottings ("biji"), Chinese "materia medica, " Qing poetry, modern short stories, late Qing and early Republican newspapers, travel memoirs, social surveys, advertisements, and more--"Golden-Silk Smoke" not only uncovers the long and dynamic history of tobacco in China but also sheds new light on global histories of fashion and consumption.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	April 2011
Authors:	Carol Benedict
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-26277-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Crop husbandry > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-26277-8
Barcode:	9780520262775

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