Craft, Technology, and Material Culture in Early Modern Asia

For this week, we are going to read:
Kang, Hyeok Hweon. 2022. “Cooking Niter, Prototyping Nature: Saltpeter and Artisanal Experiment in Korea, 1592—1635.” Isis, January 1.
And we will workshop Susan Eberhard's dissertation chapter on silverware industry in Canton from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. Please email Susan Eberhard (seberhard@berkeley.edu) for the manuscript.