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Lim Tai-Wei |
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Fired clay in four porcelain clusters : a comparative study of energy use, production/environmental ecology, and kiln development in Arita, Hong Kong, Jingdezhen, and Yingge / / Tai Wei Lim |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Energy conservation - Asia |
Ceramic industries - Technological innovations - Asia |
Kilns - Asia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Japanese Trade Ceramics in the Premodern Global Trading Space; 2 Interpretations of Japanese Modernity; 3 Energy Transition in Creative Production; 4 Blue and White Fired Clay in Everyday Lives; 5 Ideas about Resource Use and the Natural Environment in Pottery-making; 6 Post-Modernism and Pottery-Making; 7 Negotiating the Narrative of the "Last Frontier"; 8 Shek Kip Mei's Artistic Green Village; 9 Fieldwork in Arita; 10 A History of Jingdezhen Kilns, Its Development, and Energy Use (with Comparative References to Arita) |
11 Yingge - The Town, Its Developmental History, and Energy Use12 Conclusion; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span>This book examines how energy use has evolved with technological advancements and changing social norms and ideas in environmental conservation and productive output in the ceramics-making industry. The four cities or towns of Arita, Hong Kong, Jingdezhen, and Yingge are the settings for this research.</span></span> |
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