Table of Contents
Conventions for the notation of time, weights and measures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One:State Engagement in the Handicraft Sector
Chapter Two: Qing Central Government Institutions in Control of the Handicrafts
Chapter Three: Chapter Three: Rise, Decline, and Reinforcement of the Crafts
in the Service of the State
Chapter Four: Government Shipbuilding
Chapter Five: Private Shipbuilding, Private and Government Cooperation, and
Procurement Prices
Chapter Six: The Shipbuilding Workforce Employedby the State and Private
Workshops and Enterprises
Chapter Seven: Printing in the Service of the State
Chapter Eight: Private Printing, Private and Government Cooperation, and
the Printing Workforce
Chapter Nine: The Artisan’s Place: The ŸFour Occupational GroupsŒ and the Social
Position of Craftspeople
Chapter Ten: Merchant and Craft Guilds
Conclusion
Index
References