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State and Crafts in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) /

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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...

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Main Author: Moll-Murata, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Social histories of work in Asia.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Labor policy > China > History.
Printing > China > History.
Shipbuilding > China > History.
Artisans > China > History.
Handicraft > China > History.
Handicraft industries > Government policy > China > History.
Handicraft industries > China > History.
China > Civilization > 1644-1912.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • State engagements in the handicraft sector
  • The Qing central government institutions in control of the handicrafts
  • The rise, decline, and reinforcement of the crafts in the service of the state
  • Government shipbuilding
  • Private shipbuilding, private and government cooperation, and procurement prices
  • The shipbuilding workforce employed by the state and private workshops and enterprises
  • Printing in the service of the state
  • Private printing, private and government cooperation, and the printing workforce
  • The artisan's place : the 'four occupational groups' and the social position of craftspeople
  • Merchant and craft guilds.

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