Silk and Religion: An Exploration of Material Life and the Thought of People, A.D. 600-1200.(Review) (book reviews)
History: Review of New Books, September, 1999 by WAWRYTKO, SANDRA A.
Liu, Xinru Silk and Religion: An Exploration of Material Life and the Thought of People, A.D. 600-1200 Delhi: Oxford University Press 235 pp., $9.95, ISBN 0-1956-4452-2 Publication Date: September 1998
This book deals with the complex web of economic, cultural, technological, and religious elements spun out of silk--a commodity as well as a powerful social statement for centuries. Xinru Liu, from the Department of Ancient and Medieval History, Institute of World History, Academy of Sciences, Beijing, has rendered a unique service in bringing together the components of a premodern "global economy" that linked Europe to China via central Asia for centuries. The close interconnections and interchanges among these diverse cultures, created by a common desire for...
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