Commerce And Culture

Author : Cynthia J. Brokaw
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684174508

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Commerce in Culture by Cynthia J. Brokaw Pdf

"Sibao today is a cluster of impoverished villages in the mountains of western Fujian. Yet from the late seventeenth through the early twentieth century, it was home to a flourishing publishing industry. Through itinerant booksellers and branch bookshops managed by Sibao natives, this industry supplied much of south China with cheap educational texts, household guides, medical handbooks, and fortune-telling manuals.It is precisely the ordinariness of Sibao imprints that make them valuable for the study of commercial publishing, the text-production process, and the geographical and social expansion of book culture in Chinese society. In a study with important implications for cultural and economic history, Cynthia Brokaw describes rural, lower-level publishing and bookselling operations at the end of the imperial period. Commerce in Culture traces how the poverty and isolation of Sibao necessitated a bare-bones approach to publishing and bookselling and how the Hakka identity of the Sibao publishers shaped the configuration of their distribution networks and even the nature of their publications.Sibao’s industry reveals two major trends in print culture: the geographical extension of commercial woodblock publishing to hinterlands previously untouched by commercial book culture and the related social penetration of texts to lower-status levels of the population."

Author : Robert Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317163909

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Commerce and Culture by Robert Lee Pdf

Considerable attention has recently been focused on the importance of social networks and business culture in reducing transaction costs, both in the pre-industrial period and during the nineteenth century. This book brings together twelve original contributions by scholars in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and North America which represent important and innovative research on this topic. They cover two broad themes. First, the role of business culture in determining commercial success, in particular the importance of familial, religious, ethnic and associational connections in the working lives of merchants and the impact of business practices on family life. Second, the wider institutional and political framework for business operations, in particular the relationship between the political economy of trade and the cultural world of merchants in an era of transition from personal to corporate structures. These key themes are developed in three separate sections, each with four contributions. They focus, in turn, on the role of culture in building and preserving businesses; the interplay between institutions, networks and power in determining commercial success or failure; and the significance of faith and the family in influencing business strategies and the direction of merchant enterprise. The wider historiographical context of the individual contributions is discussed in an extended introductory chapter which sets out the overall agenda of the book and provides a broader comparative framework for analysing the specific issues covered in each of the three sections. Taken together the collection offers an important addition to the available literature in this field and will attract a wide readership amongst business, cultural, maritime, economic, social and urban historians, as well as historical anthropologists, sociologists and other social scientists whose research embraces a longer-term perspective.

Author : Mukti Khaire
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781503603080

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Culture and Commerce by Mukti Khaire Pdf

Art and business are often described as worlds apart, even diametric opposites. And yet, these realms are close cousins in creative industries where firms bring cultural goods to market, attaching price tags to music, paintings, theater, literature, film, and fashion. Building on theories of value construction and cultural production, Culture and Commerce details the processes by which artistic worth is decoded, translated, and converted to economic value. Mukti Khaire introduces readers to three industry players: creators, producers (who bring to market and distribute cultural goods), and intermediaries (who critique and rave about them). Case studies of firms from Chanel and Penguin to tastemakers like the Pritzker Prize and The Sundance Institute illuminate how these professionals construct a vital value chain. Highlighting the role of "pioneer entrepreneurs"—who carve out space for radical, new product categories—Khaire illustrates how creative professionals influence our sense of value, shifting consumer behavior and our culture in deep, surprising ways.

Author : E. Brown,C. Gudis,M. Moskowitz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137071828

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Cultures of Commerce by E. Brown,C. Gudis,M. Moskowitz Pdf

While historians have explored the impact on workers of changes in American business, the broader impact on other cultural forms, and vice versa, has not been widely studied. This anthology contributes to the debate at the intersection of business history and the study of cultural forms, ranging from material to visual culture to literature.

Author : Theerasak Thanasankit
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781591400561

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E-commerce and Cultural Values by Theerasak Thanasankit Pdf

There is substantial interest in research in developing countries, especially in the use, implementation and development of information technology and systems. Many researchers have been moving toward an understanding of indigenous social and cultural structures and how they influence the use and development of information systems. E-Commerce and Cultural Values addresses these issues and brings together scholars to share their expertise on different aspects of the social side of e-Commerce and information systems and how they impact the cultural values of a society.

Author : Vadime Elisseeff
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1571812210

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The Silk Roads by Vadime Elisseeff Pdf

A look at the cultural, or intercultural, exchange that took place in the Silk Roads and the role this has played in the shaping of cultures and civilizations.

Author : A. Flibbert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230607279

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Commerce in Culture by A. Flibbert Pdf

Commerce in Culture is an innovative study of how states have responded to the globalization of the film sector. Concerned with more than film content or substance, the book exposes the ongoing political and economic struggles that shape cultural production and trade in the world. The historical focus is on Hollywood's engagement with rivals and partners in two leading developing countries, Egypt and Mexico, beginning with the birth of their national film industries in the late 1920s. State and market institutions evolved differently in each context, acting like national prisms to mediate international competition and produce distinctive results. As filmmaking has become a dynamic focal point in the new economy, Commerce in Culture reveals a vital but neglected part of the global terrain.

Author : Timothy Brook
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520924079

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The Confusions of Pleasure by Timothy Brook Pdf

The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook eloquently narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368-1644), when China was transformed from a closely administered agrarian realm into a place of commercial profits and intense competition for status. The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a series of political events and philosophical achievements, it narrates this longue durée in terms of the habits and strains of everyday life. Peppered with stories of real people and their negotiations of a rapidly changing world, this book provides a new way of seeing the Ming dynasty that not only contributes to the scholarly understanding of the period but also provides an entertaining and accessible introduction to Chinese history for anyone.

Author : Albert N. Greco,Clara E. Rodriguez,Robert M. Wharton
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0804750319

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The Culture and Commerce of Publishing in the 21st Century by Albert N. Greco,Clara E. Rodriguez,Robert M. Wharton Pdf

This is the definitive social and economic analysis of the current state and future trends of the American book publishing industry, with an emphasis on the trade, college textbook, and scholarly publishing sectors. Drawing on a rich and extensive data, the thoughtful analysis presented in this book will be valuable to leaders in publishing as well as the scholars and analysts who study this industry.

Author : Christine Leigh Heyrman
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 0393955184

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Commerce and Culture by Christine Leigh Heyrman Pdf

Examines the history of the maritime communities of Gloucester and Marblehead and notes the paradoxical retention of their conservative lifestyle in the face of economic prosperity.

Author : Stephen Bayley
Publisher : Design Museum
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015016993506

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Commerce and Culture by Stephen Bayley Pdf

Author : Huw Osborne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317017479

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The Rise of the Modernist Bookshop by Huw Osborne Pdf

The trade in books has always been and remains an ambiguous commercial activity, associated as it is with literature and the exchange of ideas. This collection is concerned with the cultural and economic roles of independent bookstores, and it considers how eight shops founded during the modernist era provided distinctive spaces of literary production that exceeded and yet never escaped their commercial functions. As the contributors show, these booksellers were essential institutional players in literary networks. When the eight shops examined first opened their doors, their relevance to literary and commercial life was taken for granted. In our current context of box stores, online shopping, and ebooks, we no longer encounter the book as we did as recently as twenty years ago. By contributing to our understanding of bookshops as unique social spaces on the thresholds of commerce and culture, this volume helps to lay the groundwork for comprehending how our relationship to books and literature has been and will be affected by the physical changes to the reading experience taking place in the twenty-first century.

Author : Natasha Glaisyer
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780861932818

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The Culture of Commerce in England, 1660-1720 by Natasha Glaisyer Pdf

Late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England - the period between the Restoration and the South Sea Bubble - was dramatically transformed by the massive cost of fighting wars, and, significantly, a huge increase in the re-export trade. This book seeks to ask how commerce was legitimated, promoted, fashioned, defined and understood in this period of spectacular commercial and financial 'revolution'. It examines the packaging and portrayal of commerce, and of commercial knowledge, positioning itself between studies of merchant culture on the one hand and of the commercialisation of society on the other. It focuses on four main areas: the Royal Exchange where the London trading community gathered; sermons preached before mercantile audiences; periodicals and newspapers concerned with trade; and commercial didactic literature. Dr NATASHA GLAISYER teaches in the Department of History at the University of York.

Author : Lewis Coser,Charles Kadushin,Walter W. Powell
Publisher : New York : Basic Books
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015005175578

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Bks Culture & Commerc Pub by Lewis Coser,Charles Kadushin,Walter W. Powell Pdf

Author : B. Lemire
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230372757

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Dress, Culture and Commerce by B. Lemire Pdf

This work examines a trade that covered the backs of sailors and soldiers, that shirted labouring men and skirted working women, that employed legions of needlewomen and supplied retailers with new consumer wares. Garments, once bought, returned again to the marketplace, circulating like a currency and bolstering demand. The agents in this trade included military contractors for clothing, female outworkers and dealers in used clothes. Each was affected by a changing demand for new-styled 'luxuries' and necessities in apparel.