ISBN:
9789048537938
,
9048537932
,
9789462986657
,
9462986657
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (380 pages)
Series Statement:
Social histories of work in Asia
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Moll-Murata, Christine State and crafts in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Keywords:
Artisans History
;
Shipbuilding History
;
Printing History
;
Handicraft Government policy
;
History
;
Electronic books
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China
;
HISTORY ; Asia ; General
;
ART ; Folk & Outsider Art
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES ; Folkcrafts
;
HISTORY ; General
;
Artisans
;
Civilization
;
Handicraft ; Government policy
;
Printing
;
Shipbuilding
;
China
;
History
;
China Civilization 1644-1912
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Figure 27 Toothpick cover, collected at the 'All-Shanxi huiguan' (Quan Jin huiguan) in Taiyuan, April 2006Table 1 Artisans and workers in the Song dynasty state workshops, manufactories, and mines; Table 2 Yuan dynasty artisans and workers in state workshops, manufactories, and mines; Table 3 Ming dynasty work obligation shifts of builders according to the 1393 regulations; Table 4 Registered artisans in the Ming dynasty; Table 5 Ming dynasty Peking resident artisan positions in 1567; Table 8 Handicraft regulations compiled by the Ministry of Public Works.
Abstract:
Figure 7 Construction of wooden sailing ships in the 1970s, Hong KongFigure 8 Compartments within the hull construction; Figure 9 The caulking procedure; Figure 10 Number of sailing ships entered and cleared in Shanghai, 1902-1941; Figure 11 Number of steamships in Chinese possession, 1882-1921; Figure 12 Tonnage of steamships in Chinese possession, 1882-1921; Figure 13 Numbers of steamships and sailing ships on the Yangzi in Sichuan, 1891-1932; Figure 17 Position of the Wuying dian Printery within the Imperial Palace in Peking; Figure 18 Entrance of the Main Hall of Wuying dian.
Abstract:
This book, full of quantitative evidence and limited-circulation archives, details manufacturing and the beginnings of industrialisation in China from 1644 to 1911. It thoroughly examines the interior organisation of public craft production and the complementary activities of the private sector. It offers detailed knowledge of shipbuilding and printing. Moreover, it contributes to the research of labour history and the rise of capitalism in China through its examination of living conditions, working conditions, and wages
Abstract:
Figure 19 Entrance to the Wuying dian compoundFigure 20 Sawing the wooden types; Figure 21 Carving the types; Figure 22 Type setting. This process includes selection of the types from the type cases, placing them on trays, arranging them in the right sequence, and proofing the set forms.; Figure 23 Individual wooden movable types in different sizes at the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, dating about 1860; Figures 24 and 25 Types on the tray, Gutenberg Museum; Figure 26 Design of the Printing Office of the Ministry of Finance 度支 印刷局.
Abstract:
8. Private Printing, Private and Government Cooperation, and the Printing Workforce9. The Artisan's Place: The 'Four Occupational Groups' and the Social Position of Craftspeople; 10. Merchant and Craft Guilds; Conclusion; References; Index; List of Tables and Illustrations; Map 1 The territory of the Qing dynasty, ca. 1820: Provinces; Figure 1 Grain transport ship, Caofang chuan 漕; Figure 2 Sand ship, Shachuan 沙; Figure 3 Big Fujian ship, Da Fuchuan; Figure 4 Guangdong ship, Guangdong chuan; Figure 5 Waterways in the Qing dynasty; Figure 6 Centres of shipbuilding in the Qing dynasty.
Abstract:
Cover; Table of Contents; Conventions for the notation of time, weights, and measures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. State Engagement in the Handicraft Sector; 2. The Qing Central Government Institutions in Control of the Handicrafts; 3. The Rise, Decline, and Reinforcement of the Crafts in the Service of the State; 4. Government Shipbuilding; 5. Private Shipbuilding, Private and Government Cooperation, and Procurement Prices; 6. The Shipbuilding Workforce Employed by the State and Private Workshops and Enterprises; 7. Printing in the Service of the State.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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