Making the palace machine work : mobilizing people, objects, and nature in the Qing Empire /

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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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Siebert, Martina (Editor ), Chen, Kai Jun (Editor ), Ko, Dorothy, 1957- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]
Colección:Asian history.
Temas:
China. > Nei wu fu > History.
China. > Nei wu fu
1644-1912
Museology and heritage studies.
Asian history.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Qing Dynasty (China)
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Chine > Histoire > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
China
China, Qing Court, Material culture, Science & technology, Imperial Household Department.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Conventions for the Notation of Time, Weights, and Measures
  • Note on Translation
  • Note on the Frontmatter Maps and Cover Image
  • Introduction
  • Part I Operating the Machine: Personnel and Paper Trails
  • Vignette Essay I
  • Moving Pieces
  • 1 Working the Qing Palace Machine
  • 2 Manager or Craftsman
  • 3 Kupiao and the Accounting System of the Imperial Household Workshops
  • Part II Producing the Court: Materials and Artefacts
  • Vignette essay II
  • The Story of An Image
  • 4 Piecing Shards Together
  • 5 Resplendent Innovations
  • 6 Transporting Jade
  • Part III Mobilizing Nature: Plants and Animals
  • Vignette essay III
  • Decluttering
  • 7 Growing and Organizing Lotus in Qing Imperial Spaces
  • 8 The Medicine Supply System of the Qing Court
  • 9 When There Is Peace, There Are Elephants
  • Coda
  • Contributors
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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