
How was the value of porcelain differentiated from soft-paste ceramics in 18th century Europe? Why was the difference important to the merchants, scientists, collectors, and novelists of the time? This essay explores the economic and technological rivalries between European and China by reexamining Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" and its silences or colonial disavowals.
François Xavier, Chinese, 791, Meissen porcelain, Porcelain, Chinese, Imperialism, Tschirnhaus, Ehrenfried Walther von, Lin, 1664-1741, 300, Shu, 1651-1708, Robinson Crusoe (Defoe, Porcelain, 1852-1924, Böttger, Dentrecolles, Johann Friedrich, Daniel), 1682-1719
François Xavier, Chinese, 791, Meissen porcelain, Porcelain, Chinese, Imperialism, Tschirnhaus, Ehrenfried Walther von, Lin, 1664-1741, 300, Shu, 1651-1708, Robinson Crusoe (Defoe, Porcelain, 1852-1924, Böttger, Dentrecolles, Johann Friedrich, Daniel), 1682-1719
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