{"product_id":"the-organization-of-imperial-workshops-during-the-han-dynasty","title":"The Organization of Imperial Workshops during the Han Dynasty","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003eThe Organization of Imperial Workshops during the Han Dynasty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003eBACK IN STOCK SOON!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is widely believed that assembly-line mass production, quality-control procedures, inventory accounting, and multi-tiered factory management structures are inventions of the modern world, offspring of the mechanization and industrialization which swept through Western Europe and America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut two thousand years ago in China, during the Han period (206 BC-AD 220), advanced production and management techniques were already implemented in well-developed forms in the extensive factory system operated by the Han imperial government. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis study was written as Part One of a larger project on workshops and artisans in Ancient China. Part Two was published as the book, Artisans in Early Imperial China (UW Press, 2007, revised 2021).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnthony J. Barbieri-Low\u003c\/span\u003e is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAncient Egypt and Early China: State, Society, and Culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e508 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8.5 x 1.15 x 11 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2.58 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ingram Publisher Services","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49693497655552,"sku":"113159","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0188\/3776\/files\/71m-ZKdB-JL._SL1360_copy.png?v=1788716797","url":"https:\/\/asianartmuseumstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-organization-of-imperial-workshops-during-the-han-dynasty","provider":"Cha May Ching Museum Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}