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A Cultural History of Modern Science in China / Benjamin A. Elman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Histories of Science, Technology, and MedicinePublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (326 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674023062
  • 9780674036482
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.51/0903
LOC classification:
  • Q127.C5 -- E46 2006eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674036482

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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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)