Cultures of Knowledge
Technology in Chinese History
Biographical note
Dagmar Schäfer heads a Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Her latest book is The Crafting of the 10,000 Things, Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth Century China, (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2011).
Readership
Those who are interested in questions of knowledge transmission, cultural contexts of individual technologies in China and throughout East Asia such as porcelain, silk, agriculture and parallels to be found in medieval Europe.
Reviews
This book provides a fascinating overview of current research on technology and its transmission in China. It combines in-depth case studies concerned with the material culture of various historical periods with a comparative perspective of parallel European developments. The book presents the results of a joint research venture in a coherent and very readable manner. It is a must not only for experts in Chinese history, but for everyone who is interested in understanding how technology evolves in dependence on social, cultural and political contexts.
Professor Dr. Jürgen Renn, Executive Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Dr., Honorary Professor for the History of Science at the Humboldt-University Berlin, Honorary Professor for Physics at the Free University Berlin, Adjunct Professor for Philosophy and Physics at Boston University
Professor Dr. Jürgen Renn, Executive Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Dr., Honorary Professor for the History of Science at the Humboldt-University Berlin, Honorary Professor for Physics at the Free University Berlin, Adjunct Professor for Philosophy and Physics at Boston University
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