Prof. Dr. Christine Moll-Murata, M.A. Heidelberg University, Ph.D. Ruhr Universität Bochum. Associate Professor of Chinese History at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Honorary Fellow at the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. Specialized in socioeconomic history of China from the Song through the Qing, especially labour history, and Chinese local historiography.

• Conventions for the notation of time, weights and measures, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter One:State Engagement in the Handicraft Sector, Chapter Two: Qing Central Government Institutions in Control of the Handicrafts, Chapter Three: Chapter Three: Rise, Decline, and Reinforcement of the Crafts in the Service of the State, Chapter Four: Government Shipbuilding Chapter Five: Private Shipbuilding, Private and Government Cooperation, and Procurement Prices, Chapter Six: The Shipbuilding Workforce Employedby the State and Private Workshops and Enterprises, Chapter Seven: Printing in the Service of the State, Chapter Eight: Private Printing, Private and Government Cooperation, and the Printing Workforce, Chapter Nine: The Artisan’s Place: The 'Four Occupational Groups' and the Social Position of Craftspeople, Chapter Ten: Merchant and Craft Guilds, Conclusion, Index, References