The state and iron industry in Han China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wagner, Donald B.
Corporate Author:	Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Copenhagen, Denmark : NIAS Pub., Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2001.
Series:	NIAS reports ; no. 44.
Subjects:	Iron industry and trade > China > History. Government monopolies > China > History. Industrial policy > China > History. China > Antiquities. China > History > Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D. Monopoles d'État > Chine > Histoire. Politique industrielle > Chine > Histoire. Chine > Antiquités. Chine > Histoire > 202 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynastie des Han) Han Dynasty (China). Antiquities. Government monopolies. Industrial policy. Iron industry and trade. China. 202 B.C.-220 A.D History.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Outline history of the monopoly. Background. The establishment of the monopoly. Criticism and disputation. The reforms of Wang Mang. The Eastern Han period
3. Discourses on salt and iron. The State and the forces of Nature. The scale of industrial production. The blessings of wealth. The body politic. Calculation
4. The administration of the iron monopoly. The Iron Offices. The archaeology of the Iron Offices. Management. Labour
5. Reasons for the monopoly, reasons for opposition. State finance. Contraband trade. Control of the wealthy. Product quality. Environmental issues. The trade cycle
6. The technology of the Iron Offices. Blast furnaces. Cupola furnaces. The bellows. Fining hearths
7. Concluding remarks
Table 1. Locations of Iron Offices
Table 2. Archaeological evidence of Han and pre-Han ironworks.