RT Journal Article
T1 Big Data and "New" Global History: Global Goods and Trade Networks in Early Modern China and Europe
A1 Pérez García, Manuel
A1 Wang, Li
A1 Svriz-Wucherer, Omar
A1 Fernandez-de-Pinedo, Nadia
A1 Diaz-Ordoñez, Manuel
K1 Global history
K1 Digital humanities
K1 Consumption
K1 Trade networks
K1 China
AB This paper introduces an innovative method applied to global (economic) history using the tools of digital humanities through the design and development of the GECEM Project Database (www.gecem.eu; www.gecemdatabase.eu). This novel database goes beyond the static Excel files frequently used by conventional scholarship in early modern history studies to mine new historical data through a bottom-up process and analyse the global circulation of goods, consumer behaviour, and trade networks in early modern China and Europe. Macau and Marseille, as strategic entrepôts for the redistribution of goods, serve as the main case study. This research is framed within a polycentric approach to analyse the connectivity of south Chinese and European markets with trade zones of Spain, France, South America, and the Pacific.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0165-1153
YR 2021
FD 2021-12-21
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/12001
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/12001
LA en
NO Itinerario. Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions, 2021, pp. 1-26
NO GECEM Project (ERC-Starting Grant), ref. 679371, under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, www.gecem.eu.
NO www.gecem.eu
NO https://www.gecem.eu/publications/index.html
NO GECEM Project (ERC-Starting Grant), ref. 679371, Horizon 2020, project hosted at UPO
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026