1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465432003321

Titolo

Technology, skills and the pre-modern economy in the East and the West [[electronic resource] ] : essays dedicated to the memory of S.R. Epstein / / edited by Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

90-04-25157-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Collana

Global economics history series ; ; volume 10

Altri autori (Persone)

EpsteinStephan R. <1960-2007.>

PrakMaarten Roy <1955->

ZandenJ. L. van

Disciplina

330.9

Soggetti

Guilds - History

Skilled labor - History

Industrialization - History

Technological innovations - History

Economic history

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden -- 1. Transferring Technical Knowledge and Innovating in Europe,  c.1200 – c.1800 / S.R. Epstein† -- 2. Apprenticeship and Industrialization in India, 1600-1930 / Tirthankar Roy -- 3. Skills, ‘Guilds’, and Development / Kenneth Pomeranz -- 4. Mega-structures of the Middle Ages / Maarten Prak -- 5. The Technology and Teaching of Shipbuilding, 1300-1800 / Richard W. Unger -- 6. Moving Machine-makers / Karel Davids -- 7. Guilds and Apprenticeship in China and Europe / Christine Moll-Murata -- 8. Labour Relations, Efficiency and the Great Divergence / Gijs Kessler and Jan Lucassen -- 9. Explaining the Global Distribution of Book Production before  1800 / Jan Luiten van Zanden -- Bibliography of the Published Works of S.R. Epstein / Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden -- Index / Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden.



Sommario/riassunto

Technology, Skills and the Pre-Modern Economy investigates how technological skills and knowledge were reproduced and disseminated in the advanced agrarian societies of China, India, Russia and Europe in the centuries before the Industrial Revolution. The book offers regional surveys of Europe, China and India, as well as comparative studies of building, porcelain manufacturing, instrument making, printing, and shipbuilding. The authors engage with the on-going debate about the ‘great divergence’ between Asia and Europe, and its possible causes. Technology has so far had a minor role in that debate. This book is bound to change that, through the bold claims made by various contributors. Contributors are: Karel Davids, S.R. Epstein †, Gijs Kessler, Jan Lucassen, Christine Moll-Murata, Patrick O'Brien, Kenneth Pomeranz, Maarten Prak, Tirthankar Roy, Richard Unger, and Jan Luiten van Zanden.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791922003321

Autore

Bullock Adrian

Titolo

Book production / / Adrian Bullock ; with a foreword by John Peacock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-50844-9

1-283-54877-1

9786613861221

1-136-50845-7

0-203-14635-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Classificazione

LAN027000SOC052000

Disciplina

070.5

Soggetti

Book industries and trade - Technological innovations

Book industries and trade - Great Britain

Book industries and trade

Production management

Project management

Publishers and publishing - Technological innovations

Publishers and publishing - Great Britain

Publishers and publishing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; PART I Production and project management; 1 Project management; What is a project?; A project as related to publishing and production; Activities and tasks; Inputs and outputs; The project outcome; Project lifespan; Effort; Constraints; Mechanisms and resources; Project management: the theory; Project management in practice: defining the project; Procedures, policies and objectives; Procedures; Policies; Objectives; Activities and tasks; Resources

Project management in practice: planning the projectPlanning the work to be done, and allocating resources to tasks; Project management in practice: implementation; Monitoring and controlling project progress; Project management in practice: reporting progress and problems; Project management in practice: closing down the project; Note; 2 Production management; What does production do?; Production and editorial; Production and design; Production and sales and marketing; Production and finance; Production and rights; Production and warehousing and distribution; Production and suppliers

Planning the product: the specificationStandardisation; The specification and request for estimate; Portrait or landscape?; Extent; Text; Text and proofs; Printing process; Paper; No bleeds; Binding; Sewing in 32s; Flexilining; Printed ends; Head and tail bands;  plain edges; The binding case; Rounding and backing; Jacket wrap;  pack in bulk;  delivery to the warehouse; Endpapers; Jackes; Prices; Planning the project: estimating; The rough estimate; The detailed estimate; Fixed costs; Variable costs; The mechanics of estimating; Pricing the product; Reducing production costs; Negotiation

Value engineeringFind a cheaper supplier; Planning the product: scheduling; Time as a resource; Draft and working schedules; Creating a working schedule; Case studies; Putting the schedule together; Planning the product: choosing the printing process; Sheet-fed litho/sheet-fed offset; Web litho/web offset; Implementation; 3 Implementation; Choosing and dealing with suppliers; Production orders or purchase orders; The printing order; The binding order; The cover/jacket printing and finishing order; Managing the project

Maintaining the relationship with the supplier: monitoring and controlling progressCommunication; Monitoring quality; What do you do when things go wrong?; Bringing the project to a close; Checking suppliers' invoices; Archiving information; Reflecting on the project: lessons learned; 4 Prepress; Workflows; Traditional, or conventional, workflow; File transfer; The Portable Document Format file (PDF); Preflighting; XML workflows; The nature of digital content; Markup languages; Defining structure through XML document type definitions (DTDs) and schemas; Styling the appearance of content

Who uses XML workflows?

Sommario/riassunto

"The digital revolution has brought with it a wider range of options for creating and producing print on paper products than ever seen before. With the growing demand for skills and knowledge with which to exploit the potential of digital technology, comes the need for a comprehensive book that not only makes it possible for production staff, editors, and designers to understand how the technology affects the industry they work in, but also provides them with the skills and competencies they need to work in it smartly and effectively. This book is designed to satisfy this need. Book Production falls into two parts:



The first part deals with the increasingly important role of production as project managers, a role which has not been adequately written about in any of the recent literature on publishing. The second part deals with the processes and raw materials used in developing and manufacturing print on paper products. Case studies are used to illustrate why and how some processes or raw materials may or may not be appropriate for a particular job. With expert opinions and case studies, and a consideration of the practices and issues involved, this offers a comprehensive overview of book production for anyone working, or training to work in or in conjunction with the books industry"--