A Cultural History of Modern Science in China / Benjamin A. Elman.
Elman, Benjamin A., author.
2009
Q127.C5 -- E46 2006eb
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Title A Cultural History of Modern Science in China / Benjamin A. Elman.
Author Elman, Benjamin A., author.
ISBN 9780674036482
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674036482
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2006
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (326 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674036482 doi
Call Number Q127.C5 -- E46 2006eb
Alternate Call Number NK 5190
Dewey Decimal Classification 509.51/0903
Summary In A Cultural History of Modern Science in China, Elman has retold the story of the Jesuit impact on late imperial China, circa 1600-1800, and the Protestant era in early modern China from the 1840s to 1900 in a concise and accessible form ideal for the classroom.
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Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
Series New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine
In Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Frontmatter
Contents
List of Illustrations
Conventions
Chinese Dynasties
Introduction
1. The Jesuit Legacy
2. Recovering the Chinese Classics
3. The Rise of Imperial Chinese Manufacturing and Trade
4. Science and the Protestant Mission
5. From Textbooks to Darwin: Modern Science Arrives
6. Government Arsenals Spur New Technologies
7. The Displacement of Traditional Chinese Science and Medicine
Appendixes
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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