CONTENTS

pp.：  5 – 18

FOREWORD

pp.：  7 – 12

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

pp.：  13 – 14

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

pp.：  15 – 16

LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

pp.：  17 – 18

INTRODUCTION

pp.：  19 – 40

TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IN THE EAST AND WEST BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

pp.：  19 – 40

Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden

pp.：  19 – 40

Global History and Technology

pp.：  20 – 22

Technology, Skills, and Science

pp.：  23 – 25

Collective Invention

pp.：  26 – 28

Technological Leadership and Clustering

pp.：  29 – 30

Human Capital Formation

pp.：  31 – 32

Circulation of Knowledge

pp.：  33 – 35

Organisation of Labour

pp.：  36 – 36

Comparative History and the Great Divergence

pp.：  37 – 38

Conclusion

pp.：  39 – 40

PART ONE

pp.：  41 – 42

REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES

pp.：  41 – 42

CHAPTER ONE

pp.：  43 – 86

TRANSFERRING TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATING IN EUROPE, C.1200-C.1800

pp.：  43 – 86

Stephan R. Epstein

pp.：  43 – 86

Introduction

pp.：  43 – 45

Acquiring Experiential Knowledge

pp.：  46 – 52

Collective Knowledge and Technical Heuristics

pp.：  53 – 69

Knowledge Sharing

pp.：  53 – 59

Predictability, Codification and Innovation

pp.：  60 – 63

Drawings and Models as Heuristic Devices

pp.：  64 – 66

Experimentation

pp.：  67 – 69

Spatial Transfer of Technical Knowledge

pp.：  70 – 80

Texts and Patents

pp.：  70 – 72

Transferring Skilled Technicians: When and Why Did Craft Guilds Oppose Technical Innovation?

pp.：  73 – 75

Transferring Skilled Technicians: How Did It Work?

pp.：  76 – 80

Conclusions

pp.：  81 – 86

CHAPTER TWO

pp.：  87 – 110

APPRENTICESHIP AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN INDIA, 1600-1930

pp.：  87 – 110

Tirthankar Roy

pp.：  87 – 110

Craft Culture in Early Modern India

pp.：  90 – 94

Craft Culture and Apprenticeship in Colonial India

pp.：  95 – 101

Apprenticeship and Modern Industry

pp.：  102 – 109

Conclusion

pp.：  110 – 110

CHAPTER THREE

pp.：  111 – 146

SKILLS, ‘GUILDS’, AND DEVELOPMENT: ASKING EPSTEIN’S QUESTIONS TO EAST ASIAN INSTITUTIONS

pp.：  111 – 146

Kenneth Pomeranz

pp.：  111 – 146

Introduction

pp.：  111 – 115

The Rise of Guilds in Late Imperial China: Trade-based and Native Place-based Organisations

pp.：  116 – 122

Guild Functions, Economic and Otherwise

pp.：  123 – 123

City and Countryside

pp.：  124 – 125

Skill Formation and Technological Creativity

pp.：  126 – 129

Did Guilds Obstruct Technical Learning?

pp.：  130 – 132

Migration and Skill Diffusion in More Recent Times

pp.：  133 – 134

Skill Acquisition in Rural Industries

pp.：  135 – 138

Japan

pp.：  139 – 141

Conclusion

pp.：  142 – 146

PART TWO

pp.：  147 – 148

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES

pp.：  147 – 148

CHAPTER FOUR

pp.：  149 – 178

MEGA-STRUCTURES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: THE CONSTRUCTION OF RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS IN EUROPE AND ASIA, C.1000-1500*

pp.：  149 – 178

Maarten Prak

pp.：  149 – 178

Introduction

pp.：  149 – 151

Church Building

pp.：  152 – 155

The Workforce

pp.：  156 – 159

Knowledge

pp.：  160 – 167

Apprenticeship and Other Sources of Information

pp.：  168 – 174

Conclusions

pp.：  175 – 178

CHAPTER FIVE

pp.：  179 – 222

THE TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHING OF SHIPBUILDING 1300-1800

pp.：  179 – 222

Richard W. Unger

pp.：  179 – 222

Introduction

pp.：  179 – 181

Developments in Ship Design

pp.：  182 – 193

East and West: Cross-fertilization of Techniques

pp.：  194 – 199

Creation and Transfer of Knowledge

pp.：  200 – 204

Transferring Knowledge with the Written Word

pp.：  205 – 208

Disincentives for Technical Advance: Guilds and Market Structure

pp.：  209 – 216

Incentives for Technical Advance: Guilds, Profits and Training

pp.：  217 – 218

Conclusions

pp.：  219 – 222

CHAPTER SIX

pp.：  223 – 242

MOVING MACHINE-MAKERS: CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE ON MACHINE-BUILDING IN CHINA AND EUROPE BETWEEN C. 1400 AND THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY

pp.：  223 – 242

Karel Davids

pp.：  223 – 242

Introduction

pp.：  223 – 223

Circulation of Knowledge on Machine-making in China, Late Fourteenth – Early Nineteenth Centuries

pp.：  224 – 231

Circulation of Knowledge on Machine-making in Europe, Late Fourteenth – Early Nineteenth Centuries

pp.：  232 – 238

Conclusion: Comparative Perspectives on the Circulation of Knowledge in China and Europe

pp.：  239 – 242

CHAPTER SEVEN

pp.：  243 – 276

GUILDS AND APPRENTICESHIP IN CHINA AND EUROPE: THE JINGDEZHEN AND EUROPEAN CERAMICS INDUSTRIES

pp.：  243 – 276

Christine Moll-Murata

pp.：  243 – 276

Introduction

pp.：  243 – 243

Porcelain: Definitions and Early Exchange between China, the Middle East, and Europe

pp.：  244 – 244

Jingdezhen: General Setting and Supply for the European Market

pp.：  245 – 246

Number of Kilns and Size of Workforce

pp.：  247 – 249

Total Output

pp.：  249 – 248

Population Figures

pp.：  249 – 249

Professional Training in the Jingdezhen Porcelain Industry

pp.：  250 – 257

Alternatives to Guild-organised Apprenticeship

pp.：  256 – 257

Delft: General Setting

pp.：  258 – 262

Number of Enterprises and Size of Workforce

pp.：  260 – 262

Guilds and Apprenticeship in Delft

pp.：  263 – 266

Starting from Scratch: The Meissen and Vienna Porcelain Manufactures

pp.：  267 – 270

Conclusion

pp.：  271 – 274

Appendix

pp.：  275 – 276

Jiangxi Province with Jingdezhen and Home Places of the Common-origin Guilds.

pp.：  275 – 276

CHAPTER EIGHT

pp.：  277 – 340

LABOUR RELATIONS, EFFICIENCY AND THE GREAT DIVERGENCE: COMPARING PRE-INDUSTRIAL BRICKMAKING ACROSS EURASIA, 1500-2000

pp.：  277 – 340

Gijs Kessler and Jan Lucassen

pp.：  277 – 340

The Historical Dynamics of Co-operation in Production

pp.：  279 – 281

A Global, Comparative Perspective

pp.：  282 – 284

Brickmaking in Western Europe from the Late Middle Ages until the Nineteenth Century

pp.：  285 – 285

Division of Labour and Co-operation in Production

pp.：  286 – 304

Production and Productivity

pp.：  299 – 304

Russian Brickmaking between the Late Sixteenth and the Early Twentieth Centuries

pp.：  305 – 324

Division of Labour and Co-operation in Production

pp.：  308 – 319

Production and Productivity

pp.：  320 – 324

Indian Brickmaking from c. 1800

pp.：  325 – 336

Division of Labour and Co-operation in Production

pp.：  327 – 336

Conclusion

pp.：  337 – 340

CHAPTER NINE

pp.：  341 – 372

EXPLAINING THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF BOOK PRODUCTION BEFORE 1800

pp.：  341 – 358

Jan Luiten van Zanden

pp.：  341 – 358

Introduction

pp.：  341 – 341

Three Diffusion Processes

pp.：  342 – 346

Quality

pp.：  347 – 347

Font Size

pp.：  348 – 349

Relative Prices

pp.：  350 – 352

Size of the Market

pp.：  353 – 355

Conclusion

pp.：  356 – 358

Bibliography of the books and articles published by S.R. Epstein

pp.：  359 – 362

INDEX

pp.：  363 – 372