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A Cultural History of Modern Science in China
Benjamin A. Elman
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Description for A Cultural History of Modern Science in China
Paperback. Tells 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. This book presents an account of the emergence of modern science in China. Series: New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones, 3 line illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; PDX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 209 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
Historians of science and Sinologists have long needed a unified narrative to describe the Chinese development of modern science, medicine, and technology since 1600. They welcomed the appearance in 2005 of Benjamin Elman's masterwork, On Their Own Terms. Now 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. This coherent account of the emergence of modern science in China places that emergence in historical context for both general students of modern ... Read more
Historians of science and Sinologists have long needed a unified narrative to describe the Chinese development of modern science, medicine, and technology since 1600. They welcomed the appearance in 2005 of Benjamin Elman's masterwork, On Their Own Terms. Now 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. This coherent account of the emergence of modern science in China places that emergence in historical context for both general students of modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Condition
New
Weight
411 g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674030428
SKU
V9780674030428
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About Benjamin A. Elman
Benjamin A. Elman is Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies at Princeton University.
Reviews for A Cultural History of Modern Science in China
Elman shows that progress in Chinese science continued after 1600, as it absorbed new ideas from the West, and, for him, China's nineteenth-century failure to respond adequately to Western incursions has been exaggerated... [A Cultural History of Modern Science in China] offer[s] a new and important perspective on Sino-European interaction. - Delia Davin, Times Literary Supplement Elman's study ... Read more