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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 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.

Handicraft industries --- Artisans --- Handicraft --- Crafts (Handicrafts) --- Handcraft --- Occupations --- Decorative arts --- Manual training --- Sloyd --- Artizans --- Craftsmen --- Craftspeople --- Craftspersons --- Skilled labor --- Cottage industries --- History. --- Government policy --- Labor policy --- Printing --- Shipbuilding --- China --- Civilization --- Naval construction --- Ship-building --- Ships --- Boatbuilding --- Naval architecture --- Shipyards --- Labor --- State and labor --- Economic policy --- Design and construction --- Craft history --- socioeconomic history --- Qing administration --- guilds

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History of Asia --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 1700-1799 --- China --- E-books

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Sociology of work --- World history --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699

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Work - Psychological aspects - History --- Work - Social aspects - History --- Work - Moral and ethical aspects - History --- Quality of work life - History --- Job satisfaction --- Work --- Quality of work life

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This volume brings the studies of institutions, labour, and material cultures to bear on the history of science and technology by tracing the workings of the Imperial Household Department (Neiwufu) in the Qing court and empire. An enormous apparatus that employed 22,000 men and women at its heyday, the Department operated a "machine" with myriad moving parts. The first part of the book portrays the people who kept it running, from technical experts to menial servants, and scrutinises the paper trails they left behind. Part two uncovers the working principles of the machine by following the production chains of some of its most splendid products: gilded statues, jade, porcelain, and textiles. Part three tackles the most complex task of all, managing living organisms in nature, including lotus plants grown in imperial ponds in Beijing, fresh medicines sourced from disparate regions, and tribute elephants from Southeast Asia.

HISTORY / Asia / China. --- China, Qing Court, Material culture, Science & technology, Imperial Household Department.