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020 9781032261416|q(pbk.)
020 9781032261423|q(hbk.)
020 |z9781003286691|q(ebk.)
040 StDuBDS|beng|cStDuBDS|erda|dNTNU
041 1 eng|hkor
082 04 338.17|223
100 1 Sŏl, Hye-sim,|eauthor
245 12 A global history of ginseng :|bimperialism, modernity and
Orientalism /|cHeasim Sul ; translated by Youngjae
Josephine Bae
264 1 London :|bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,|c2023
300 xxi, 258 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and
index
520 "Sul's history of the international ginseng trade reveals
the cultural aspects of international capitalism and the
impact of this single commodity on relations between East
and West. Ginseng emerged as a major international
commodity in the seventeenth century, when the East India
Company began trading it westward. Europeans were drawn to
the plant's efficacy as a medicine, but their attempts to
transplant it for mass production was unsuccessful. Also,
due to a failure of extracting its active ingredients,
western pharmacology disparaged ginseng in the process of
modernization. In the meantime ginseng was discovered on
the American continent and became one of the United
States' key exports to Asia and particularly China, but
never cultivated a significant domestic market. As such,
studying the ginseng trade provides a unique perspective
both on the impact of culture, as well as economics, on
international trade. A compelling interdisciplinary
history over five centuries of east-west trade and
cultural exchange, invaluable to students and scholars of
transnational history, and a fascinating read for anyone
interested in the history of international trade"--
|cProvided by publisher.
650 0 Ginseng industry|xHistory
651 0 East Asia|xCommerce|zWestern countries
651 0 Western countries|xCommerce|zEast Asia
700 1 Bae, Young Jae,|etranslator
911 know/zenith
