A cultural history of modern science in China /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elman, Benjamin A., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2006]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780674036482
0674036484
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.