A Cultural History of Modern Science in China (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine)
Benjamin A. Elman
ISBN 10: 0674023064 ISBN 13: 9780674023062
Published by Harvard University Press, 2006
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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 science and specialists of China.
About the Author: Benjamin A. Elman is Professor of East Asian Studies and History and Director of the Program in East Asian Studies at Princeton University. He is the author of From Philosophy to Philology: Social and Intellectual Aspects of Change in Late China (Harvard).
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Title: A Cultural History of Modern Science in ...
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket