GECEM: Newsletter, n. 3 (Spring 2019)

Abstract

GECEM project reviews traditional scholarship which has attempted to answer big questions such as why China did not develop at the same economic levels than northwestern Europe in the first industrialization or why modern capitalism did not emerge in China. The main aim of GECEM project is to analyze changes in patterns of consumption, and its correlation with economic growth, through the introduction of western goods (from European and American origin) in China such as potato, sweet potato, tobacco, red wine, glasses for wine, clocks, mirrors and other luxury products, as well as the consumption of Chinese goods in Europe such as silk, tea and porcelain, through the study case of two city ports, Macao and Marseille. The third GECEM Newsletter provides an overview of the academic results and actions of GECEM project.