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Cultures of Knowledge : Technology in Chinese History.
Identifying four spheres of knowledge culture in the history of technology in China, this book offers an introduction to the transmission of knowledge and detailed contextual descriptions of individual technologies in China such as porcelain, silk, and agriculture.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2011.
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| Colección: | Sinica Leidensia.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cultures of Knowledge; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Internode; Political, Social and Economic Factors Affecting the Transmission of Technical Knowledge in Early Modern China; Silken Strands: Making Technology Work in China; Technological Transmission in China and Europe: A Comparative View; Imperial Court; Picturing Yu Controlling the Flood: Technology, Ecology, and Emperorship in Northern Song China; Sympathetic Relations: Foreign Craftsmen at the Qing Court; Symbolic Technology Politics; Agora; Ceramics for Local and Global Markets: Jingdezhen's Agora of Technologies