On their own terms : science in China, 1550-1900 / Benjamin A. Elman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elman, Benjamin A., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--China--History--16th century.

Science.

Science--China--History--17th century.

Science--China--History--18th century.

Science--China--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (606 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Science in China, 1550-1900

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the middle of the nineteenth century, imperial reformers, early Republicans, Guomindang party cadres, and Chinese Communists have all prioritized science and technology. In this book, Elman gives a nuanced account of the ways in which native Chinese science evolved over four centuries, under the influence of both Jesuit and Protestant missionaries. In the end, he argues, the Chinese produced modern science on their own terms.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables

Chinese Dynasties

Abbreviations

Preface

I. Introduction

Prologue

1. Ming Classification on the Eve of Jesuit Contact

II. Natural Studies and the Jesuits

2. The Late Ming Calendar Crisis and Gregorian Reform

3. Sino-Jesuit Accommodations During the Seventeenth Century

4. The Limits of Western Learning in the Early Eighteenth Century

5. The Jesuit Role as Experts in High Qing Cartography and Technology

III. Evidential Research and Natural Studies

6. Evidential Research and the Restoration of Ancient Learning

7. Seeking the Truth and High Qing Mathematics

IV. Modern Science and the Protestants

8. Protestants, Education, and Modern Science to 1880

9. The Construction of Modern Science in Late Qing China

V. Qing Reformism and Modern Science

10. Government Arsenals, Science, and Technology in China after 1860

11. Displacement of Traditional Chinese Science and Medicine in the Twentieth Century

Appendixes

Notes

Bibliography of Chinese and Japanese Sources

Acknowledgments

Credits

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-540) and index.

ISBN:

9780674036475

0674036476

OCLC:

443109938