Cultures of knowledge : technology in Chinese history / edited by Dagmar Schäfer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schäfer, Dagmar.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 103.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 103

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects--China--History.

Technology.

Technological innovations--China--History.

Technological innovations.

Learning and scholarship--China--History.

Learning and scholarship.

Social change.

History.

Communication in learning and scholarship.

Communication of technical information.

Technology--Social aspects.

China.

Knowledge, Theory of--History.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Communication of technical information--China--History.

Communication in learning and scholarship--China--History.

China--Intellectual life--960-1644.

Intellectual life.

China--Intellectual life--1644-1912.

Social change--China--History.

China--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

vi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

Schafer (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany) presents 14 articles exploring issues of technological knowledge circulation and transmission in Chinese history. The papers have been organized into sections focusing in turn on the ways information technologies and infrastructures were modulated in the tenth through 18th centuries, state interventions and their influence on technological investment as well as the symbolic and social value of technologies, localized aggregation of technologies, and the role of the scholar in documenting technology. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004218444

9004218440

OCLC:

754186782