作者: S.A.M. Adshead

‘Highly recommended as a thorough examination of the commodity history of salt’-The Geographical Journal. Salt has been called the primordial addiction. It has been an object of almost universal cons …

This is a study of Central Asian history from Chinggis to the present, with reference to relations with China, Russia, India and Western Europe and to wider themes of world history. An introductory c …

This book reinterprets the rise of consumerism in terms of interaction between Europe and China 1400-1800. In particular, it examines the intellectual foundations of consumerism in food, dress, shelt …