Connectivity, Imperialism, and the Han Iron Industry
Series: Routledge Studies in Chinese Archaeology;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 5 August 2022
- ISBN 9781032194479
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages322 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 760 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 71 Illustrations, black & white; 71 Halftones, black & white; 17 Tables, black & white 435
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Short description:
This book examines the rise of the iron industry during the Warring States and Western Han periods (ca. 400 BCE- 9 CE) in ancient China, which is characterized not only by various technological innovations but also as a remarkable phenomenon, which led to the widespread distribution of iron implements and the emergence of massive ironworks.
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This book examines the rise of the iron industry during the Warring States and Western Han periods (ca. 400 BCE?9 CE) in ancient China, which is characterized not only by various technological innovations but also as a remarkable phenomenon, leading to the widespread distribution of iron implements and the emergence of massive ironworks that were rarely seen in later periods.
With Connectivity, Imperialism, and the Han Iron Industry, Lam Wengcheong combines archaeological and historical analyses to piece together fragmentary evidence and to refocus our gaze onto the economic and political mechanism that gave birth to an iron industry unique in the ancient world. Guiding readers through the macroscopic social settings of the iron industry and distribution patterns of iron implements to the microscopic organization of workplace and workers? foodways, Lam explores how iron production and transportation processes intersected with the transformation of the Han capital region in the Guanzhong basin. Using various lines of evidence of iron production in Guanzhong and its connection with other production centers, this book shows how the production and transportation of iron at various scales played a significant role in generating the "connectivity" between various parts of the Western Han empire, and casts new light on the workings of the economic system in imperial China.
Connectivity, Imperialism, and the Han Iron Industry will appeal to anyone interested in Chinese archaeology, the history of the Han empire, and the history of science and engineering in ancient China, as well as to scholars working on the comparative study of ancient imperialism, market exchange, and economic history.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction; Part I: 1 The rise of iron and imperial state power; 2 The rise of the capital region and the management of craft industry during the Han Dynasty; 3 Iron making in the center of the Han state; Part II: 4 Organization and labor division of ironworks; 5 Food and economic embeddedness of iron production communities; 6 Market integration and the distribution system for iron goods; Conclusion: management of iron and the shihuo system; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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