| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Japanese Trade Ceramics in the Premodern Global Trading Space -- 2. Interpretations of Japanese Modernity: A Case Study of Japan's Energy Transition in the Ceramics Industry -- 3. Energy Transition in Creative Production: Narratives and Fieldwork about Energy Use in the Ceramics-Making Industries of Hong Kong, Japan, and China -- 4. Blue and White Fired Clay in Everyday Lives: An Ecology of Creative Production, Energy Use, and Aesthetics of Arita (with Comparative References to Jingdezhen) -- 5. Ideas about Resource Use and the Natural Environment in Pottery-making: A Historical Comparative Case Study of Two Communities in Hong Kong and Japan -- 6. Post-Modernism and Pottery-Making: A Case Study of Issues of Artistic Production, Environmental Awareness, and Energy Use in Hong Kong with Comparative References to China and Japan -- 7. Negotiating the Narrative of the "r;Last Frontier"r;: A Case Study of a Fourth-Generation Hong Kong Potter and His Art as Well as Environmental and Ethical Consciousness through Non-Governmental Initiatives in Myanmar (Burma) -- 8. Shek Kip Mei's Artistic Green Village -- 9. Fieldwork in Arita: The Ecology of the Town, Its People, the Natural Environment, and Its Energy Use -- 10. History of Jingdezhen Kilns, Its Development, and Energy Use (with Comparative References to Arita) -- 11. Yingge -- The Town, Its Developmental History, and Energy Use -- 12. Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book examines how energy use has evolved with technological advancements and changing social norms and ideas in environmental conservation and productive output in the ceramics-making industry. The four cities or towns of Arita, Hong Kong, Jingdezhen, and Yingge are the settings for this research |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 17, 2014) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Ceramic industries -- Technological innovations -- Asia
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Energy conservation -- Asia
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Kilns -- Asia
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
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Ceramic industries -- Technological innovations
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Energy conservation
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Kilns
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Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780761864295 |
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0761864296 |
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0761864288 |
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9780761864288 |
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