A cultural history of modern science in China / Benjamin A. Elman.

By:

Elman, Benjamin A, 1946- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New histories of science, technology, and medicinePublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674036482
0674036484

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cultural history of modern science in China.DDC classification:

509.51/0903 22

LOC classification:

Q127.C5 E46 2006eb

Other classification:

30.01
50.01
NK 5190

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Contents:

The Jesuit legacy -- Recovering the Chinese classics -- The rise of Imperial Chinese manufacturing and trade -- Science and the Protestant mission -- From textbooks to Darwin: modern science arrives -- Government arsenals spur new technologies -- The displacement of traditional Chinese science and medicine -- Appendixes.

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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-283) and index.

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.