Exotic Commodities: Modern Objects and Everyday Life in China

Frank Dikötter

April, 2007
Cloth, 384 pages, 97 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14116-1
$36.50

"Dikötter’s account of the growth of modern consumption in China is vivid, lively and compelling." — Delia Davin, Times Literary Supplement

"Engagingly written, insightful, and complemented with nearly 100 illustrations... Highly recommended." — Choice

"Once again, Frank Dikötter reveals himself as a historian with real vision. This is one of his best books." — William T. Rowe, Johns Hopkins University

Related Subjects

• Asian History
• Cultural Studies

About the Author

Frank Dikötter is professor of the modern history of China at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and chair professor of humanities at the University of Hong Kong. His books include Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects, and Eugenics in China and Crime, Punishment, and the Prison in Modern China, 1895-1949, both published by Columbia, and The Discourse of Race in Modern China.

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