Science and technology in modern China, 1880s-1940s
Science and Technology in Modern China, 1880s-1940s looks at the transnational routes for the development of science and technology in the first pivotal decades of modern China.
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden, Netherlands
Brill
2014
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series: | China Studies 1570-1344
Volume 27 China Studies v.27 |
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, Volltext: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/Doc?id=10846298 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1650190 Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz403198569inh.htm 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Jing Tsu and Benjamin A. Elman; contributors Iwo Amelung [and ten others] |
| Summary: | Science and Technology in Modern China, 1880s-1940s looks at the transnational routes for the development of science and technology in the first pivotal decades of modern China. Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Jing Tsu and Benjamin A. Elman Introduction -- Toward a History of Modern Science in Republican China -- Benjamin A. Elman -- Historiography of Science and Technology in China -- The First Phase -- Iwo Amelung -- Disciplining the National Essence -- Liu Shipei and the Reinvention of Ancient China's Intellectual History -- Joachim Kurtz -- Science in Translation -- Yan Fu's Role -- Shen Guowei -- Chinese Scripts, Codes, and Typewriting Machines -- Jing Tsu -- Semiotic Sovereignty -- The 1871 Chinese Telegraph Code in Historical Perspective -- Thomas S. Mullaney -- Proofreading Science -- Editing and Experimentation in Manuals by a 1930s Industrialist -- Eugenia Lean -- The Controversy over Spontaneous Generation in Republican China -- Science, Authority, and the Public -- Fa-ti Fan -- Bridging East and West through Physics -- William Band at Yenching University -- Danian Hu -- Periodical Space -- Language and the Creation of Scientific Community in Republican China -- Grace Shen -- Operatic Escapes -- Performing Madness in Neuropsychiatric Beijing -- Hugh Shapiro -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. - Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9789004268784 9789004258532 |