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December 17, 2008
Anthony J. Barbieri-Low Artisans in Early Imperial China Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. 400 pp.; 44 color ills.; 67 b/w ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780295987132)
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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2008.125

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Anthony J. Barbieri-Low’s book is more far-reaching than its title initially suggests. It is not just about the artisans of early imperial China (the Qin and Han dynasties), but as he explains in his introduction/first chapter: “Understanding these lives [of the artisans] and the complex social, commercial and technological networks in which they participated will allow us to humanize the material remains of the past” (17). In the following five chapters, Barbieri-Low examines artisans in...