Exotic commodities : modern objects and everyday life in China /
Dikötter, Frank.
New York : Columbia University Press,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-374) and index.
Introduction -- Dissemination : networks and materials -- The domestication of foreign goods -- The dissemination of new objects -- From water to wheel -- Changing cityscapes -- Electricity, telephone and water -- Appropriation: people and objects -- Dwelling -- Clothing and grooming -- Eating and Drinking -- Seeing and listening.
Material culture