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Winner of the 2009 International Convention of Asia Scholars Book Award Winner of the 2009 Levenson Book Prize (for book on pre-1900 China), sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies Winner of the 2009 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award from College Art Association Winner of the 2008 James Henry Breasted Award from the American Historical Association Early China is best known for the dazzling artifacts it has left behind. These terracotta figures, gilt-bronze lamps, and other material remnants of the Chinese past unearthed during archaeological excavations are often viewed without regard to the social context of their creation, yet they were made by real individuals who contributed greatly to the foundations of early Chinese culture. With Artisans in Early Imperial China , Anthony Barbieri-Low combines historical, epigraphic, and archaeological analysis to refocus our gaze from the glittering objects and monuments of China to the men and women who made them. This book represents the first in-depth social history of artisans in early China. How did they live? How were they trained? How did they market their products? How free were they? In this engaging and illuminating analysis

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Author

Anthony J. Barbieri-Low

Publisher

University of Washington Press : Published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780295987132

Category

history

Subjects

Art, Economics, Political Science

Rating

4 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14