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Author Elman, Benjamin A., 1946- author.

Title A cultural history of modern science in China / Benjamin A. Elman
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)
Series New histories of science, technology, and medicine
New histories of science, technology, and medicine.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-283) and index
Notes In English
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SUBJECT Jesuiten gnd
Subject Science -- China -- History
Technology -- China -- History
SCIENCE -- History.
SCIENCE / History
Science
Technology
Missionsgesellschaft
Darwinismus
Wissenschaft
Naturwissenschaften
Natuurwetenschappen.
Techniek.
Science Chine -- Histoire.
Technologie Chine -- Histoire.
China
China
China.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006042706
ISBN 9780674036482
0674036484