Osiris, Volume 13: Beyond Joseph Needham: Science, Technology, and Medicine in East and Southeast Asia (OSIRIS: SECOND SERIES, Band 13) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226000915 ISBN 13: 9780226000916

Verlag: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Devoted to the history of non-Western science, technology, and medicine, this path-breaking volume goes beyond the legacy of the late historian of Chinese science, Joseph Needham, by covering an unprecedented range of countries and by adopting new approaches. The seventeen chapters address topics in China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. However, the contributors do not view the histories of these countries in isolation. Many adopt a cross-cultural approach by tracing interaction with other Asian countries and the West. The volume begins with four chapters that provide a "big picture" overview of science and civilization in Asia. These are followed by more focused essays, which deal with aspects of science, technology, and medicine in specific countries.

Specialist and non-specialist readers alike will leave this volume with a strong sense of the political and economic imperatives behind knowledge systems in Eastern Asia, their cultural contexts, and how they have coexisted along with those in the West.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0226000915
• ISBN 13: 9780226000916
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 270
• Herausgeber: Low Morris
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar