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Making the Palace Machine Work : Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire

Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire brings the studies of institutions, labour, and material cultures to bear on the history of science and technology by tracing the workings of the Imperial Household Department (Neiwufu) in the Qing court and em...

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Autores principales: Martina Siebert, Kai Jun Chen, Dorothy Ko
Formato: Libro
Publicado: Routledge 2025
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