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Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Agriculture
Joseph Needham
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Description for Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Agriculture
hardcover. This second part of the sixth volume of Joeph Needham's great enterprise is an account of the technological history of Chinese agriculture. Series: Science and Civilisation in China. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1915.
This second part of the sixth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is the first to be written by a collaborator. Francesca Bray, working closely with Dr Needham, has produced the most comprehensive study of Chinese agriculture to be published in the West. From a huge mass of source material, often confusing and obscure, and from first-hand study in China, she brings order and illumination to a crucial area of Chinese technological development. The main body of the book is an account of the technological history of agriculture, with major sections devoted to field systems, implements and techniques (sowing, harvesting, ... Read more
This second part of the sixth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is the first to be written by a collaborator. Francesca Bray, working closely with Dr Needham, has produced the most comprehensive study of Chinese agriculture to be published in the West. From a huge mass of source material, often confusing and obscure, and from first-hand study in China, she brings order and illumination to a crucial area of Chinese technological development. The main body of the book is an account of the technological history of agriculture, with major sections devoted to field systems, implements and techniques (sowing, harvesting, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
Series
Science and Civilisation in China
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521250764
SKU
V9780521250764
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Reviews for Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Agriculture
"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task." Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books "Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man." Laurence Picken, Cambridge University