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

By: Series: New histories of science, technology, and medicinePublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.Description: xii, 308 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0674023064
  • 9780674023062
  • 9780674030428 (pbk.)
  • 0674030427 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.51/0903 22
LOC classification:
  • Q127.C5 E46 2006
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.
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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.

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