Artisans of the Qin and Han Dynasties

Self-employed artisans, wage-earning artisans, contract artisans, apprentice artisans, artisans in military service, convict artisans, and enslaved artisans: it was these real men and women who created Qin-Han China. In this book, Professor Anthony J. Barbieri-Low introduces us to these living, breathing people and the complex social, commercial, and technological networks in which they worked. He invites us to look beyond a cursory overview and recognize that behind the material heritage of a thousand years ago were human beings with the same humanity as you and me today.