Vernacular industrialism in China : local innovation and translated technologies in the making of a cosmetics empire, 1900-1940 /

"In early twentieth-century China, Chen Diexian (1879-1940) was a maverick entrepreneur-at once a prolific man of letters and captain of industry, a magazine editor and cosmetics magnate. He tinkered with chemistry in his private studio, used local cuttlefish to source magnesium carbonate, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lean, Eugenia, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Subjects:
Tianxuwosheng.
Tianxuwosheng
1900-1999
Industrialists > China > Biography.
Cosmetics industry > Technological innovations > China > History > 20th century.
Industrialization > China > History > 20th century.
Technology transfer > China > History > 20th century.
Technological innovations > China > History > 20th century.
East and West.
Industriels > Chine > Biographies.
Cosmétiques > Industrie > Innovations > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Industrialisation > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Transfert de technologie > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Innovations > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History.
East and West
Industrialists
Industrialization
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
China
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Utility of the useless
  • One part cow fat, two parts soda : recipes in action, 1914-1915
  • An enterprise of common knowledge : fire extinguishers, 1916-1935
  • Chinese cuttlefish and global circuits : the association of household industries
  • What's in a name? From studio appellation to commercial trademark
  • Compiling the industrial modern, 1930-1941
  • Conclusion.

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