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Elman, Benjamin A., 1946-

A cultural history of modern science in China / Benjamin A. Elman. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006. - xii, 308 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - New histories of science, technology, and medicine . - New histories of science, technology, and medicine. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-283) and index.

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.

ISBN: 0674023064 9780674023062 9780674030428 (pbk.) 0674030427 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2006042706

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Jesuiten.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--History.--China
Technology--History.--China
Natuurwetenschappen.
Techniek.
Science
Chine--Histoire.
Technologie
Chine--Histoire.
Missionsgesellschaft.
Darwinismus.
Wissenschaft.
Naturwissenschaften.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China.
China.

LC Class. No.: Q127.C5 / E46 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 509.51/0903