Porcelain for the Emperor: Manufacture and Technocracy in Qing China by Kai Jun

Description: Porcelain for the Emperor by Kai Jun Chen The exquisite ceramic ware produced at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory at Jingdezhen in southern China functioned as a kind of visual propaganda for the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) court. Porcelain for the Emperor charts the career of bannerman Tang Ying, a technocrat in the porcelain industry, through the first half of the eighteenth century to uncover the wider role of specialist officials in producing the technological knowledge and distinctive artistic forms that were essential to cultural policies of the Chinese state. Through fiscal management, technical experimentation, and design, these imperial technocrats facilitated rationalized manufacturing in precapitalist and preindustrial society.Drawing on museum collections and firsthand archaeological evidence, as well as the voluminous Archive of the Imperial Workshops, this book contributes new insights to scholarship on global empires and the history of science and technology in China. Readers will learn how the imperial states intervention in industry left a lingering imprint on modern China through its modes of labor-intensive production, the division of domestic and foreign markets, and, above all, a technocratic culture of centralization. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Kai Jun Chen is assistant professor of East Asian studies at Brown University. Review "Porcelain for the Emperor is a truly admirable example of interdisciplinary scholarship. Drawing upon concepts and methods from the fields of science and technology studies, literary criticism, and art history, it illuminates the heretofore neglected contributions of bannermen technocrats to the Qing imperial project. This compact and handsomely produced monograph will interest not only art historians, porcelain connoisseurs, and museum curators, but also students of early modern material and political cultures, court history, and imperial state-formations." * Journal of Chinese History *"[R]ichly illustrated and lucidly written…Chens fine-grained study will substantially deepen our understanding of not only the history of science and technology and the history of material and visual culture in early modern China but also global histories of imperial knowledge formation and empire building from the stimulating perspective of technocracy." * H-Net * Promotional A new perspective for understanding the technology behind goods "made in China" Details ISBN0295750820 Author Kai Jun Chen Year 2023 ISBN-10 0295750820 ISBN-13 9780295750828 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Washington Press Place of Publication Seattle Country of Publication United States Subtitle Manufacture and Technocracy in Qing China Illustrations 24 b&w illus., 23 color plates AU Release Date 2023-04-03 NZ Release Date 2023-04-03 Pages 248 Publication Date 2023-03-28 UK Release Date 2023-03-28 Publisher University of Washington Press DEWEY 338.476665092 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2023-03-28 Alternative 9780295750835 Series Porcelain for the Emperor We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142264206;

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