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China's porcelain capital : the rise, fall and reinvention of ceramics in Jingdezhen / Maris Boyd Gillette

By: Gillette, Maris Boyd [author.]
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016Description: xi, 183 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474259415; 9781350044821Subject(s): Porcelain industry -- China -- Jingdezhen -- History | Jingdezhen (China) -- History
Contents:
The world's most famous ceramics and the people who made them -- Creating a porcelain capital, prehistory to 1785 -- Decline and disarray, 1780-1948 -- Production and politics, 1949-1972 -- Dual-track porcelain, 1973-1993 -- Porcelain capital no more, 1994-2010 -- From porcelain capital to heritage site.
Summary: "Gillette explores the impact of state involvement in Jungdezhen's porcelain production, particularly during the momentous 20th century. She considers how the Chinese government has consumed, invested in, taxed, and managed the ceramics industry, and the effects of state intervention on ceramists' lives, their local environment, and the nature of the goods they produce."--Page [4] of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Asia China HD9617.C53 J565 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 113035
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-172) and index.

The world's most famous ceramics and the people who made them -- Creating a porcelain capital, prehistory to 1785 -- Decline and disarray, 1780-1948 -- Production and politics, 1949-1972 -- Dual-track porcelain, 1973-1993 -- Porcelain capital no more, 1994-2010 -- From porcelain capital to heritage site.

"Gillette explores the impact of state involvement in Jungdezhen's porcelain production, particularly during the momentous 20th century. She considers how the Chinese government has consumed, invested in, taxed, and managed the ceramics industry, and the effects of state intervention on ceramists' lives, their local environment, and the nature of the goods they produce."--Page [4] of cover.