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Where There Is Unity, Order Results: Manufacturers' Labels and the Creation of Standards in the Late Warring States Period.

This article explores how and why standardization practices emerged and evolved in a particular domain of state administration in China in the late Warring States period, namely, the inscription of manufacturers' labels on bronze weapons produced in state-run workshops. By analyzing bronze weapons p...

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Published in:T'oung Pao Vol. 108; no. 3/4; pp. 319 - 369
Main Author: Škrabal, Ondřej
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2022
Subjects:
Standardization
Inscriptions
Weapons
Labels
Consumer protection
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