Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, The Social Background, Part 2, General Conclusions and Reflections (Hardcover)

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China series. For nearly fifty years, Needham and his collaborators have revealed the ideals, concepts and achievements of China's scientific and technological traditions from the earliest times to about 1800 through this great enterprise. During his long working lifetime, Needham kept in draft various essays, some written with collaborators, in which he set out his broad views on the Chinese social and historical context. These essays, edited by one of his closest collaborators, Kenneth Robinson, are contained in the present volume. A reading of this material makes it possible to reconstruct the assumptions and problematics that underpinned and drove the Needham project throughout the nearly one half century during which he was at the helm. The documents gathered here reveal the intellectual foundations of one of the greatest scholarly enterprises of the twentieth century.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Science and Civilisation in China
Release date:	July 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Joseph Needham
Editors:	Kenneth Girdwood Robinson
Contributors:	Ray Huang
Introduction by:	Mark Elvin
Dimensions:	254 x 198 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-08732-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-521-08732-5
Barcode:	9780521087322

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