TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elman,Benjamin A.,-1946
TI  - A cultural history of modern science in China
SN  - 9780674030428
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cambridge, MA.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Technology
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 	The Jesuit legacy --
Recovering the Chinese classics --
The rise of Imperial Chinese manufacturing and trade --
Science and the Protestant mission --
From textbooks to Darwin: modern science arrives --
Government arsenals spur new technologies --
The displacement of traditional Chinese science and medicine --
Appendixes; 500-599; 509
N2  - Presents a retelling of the story of the Jesuit impact on late imperial China, circa 1600-1800, and the Protestant era in early modern China from the 1840s to 1900. This book also gives an account of the emergence of modern science in China, placing this emergence in historical context for both students of modern science and specialists of China
ER  -