Making the Palace Machine Work
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Making the Palace Machine Work

Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire

Herausgeber: Siebert, Martina; Ko, Dorothy; Chen, Kai Jun
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Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire brings the studies of institutions, labour, and material cultures to bear on the history of science and technology by tracing the workings of the Imperial Household Department (Neiwufu) in the Qing court and empire. An enormous apparatus that employed 22,000 men and women at its heyday, the Department operated a "machine" with myriad moving parts. The first part of the book portrays the people who kept it running, from technical experts to menial servants, and scrutinises the paper trails they left behind...