02936oam 2200685I 450 991045260730332120200520144314.00-415-63959-X0-203-08330-X1-136-18429-510.4324/9780203083307 (CKB)2550000001064828(EBL)1221509(OCoLC)852757411(SSID)ssj0000918730(PQKBManifestationID)11483987(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918730(PQKBWorkID)10906818(PQKB)10727970(MiAaPQ)EBC1221509(Au-PeEL)EBL1221509(CaPaEBR)ebr10723436(CaONFJC)MIL499792(OCoLC)851159688(EXLCZ)99255000000106482820180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTechnology, gender and history in imperial China great transformations reconsidered /Francesca BrayNew York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (297 p.)Asia's transformations. Critical Asian scholarshipCritical Asian scholarship ;10Description based upon print version of record.0-415-63956-5 1-299-68542-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.section 1. Material foundations of the moral order -- section 2. Gynotechnics : crafting womanly virtues -- section 3. Androtechnics : the writing-brush, the plough and the nature of technical knowledge.<P>What can the history of technology contribute to our understanding of late imperial China? Most stories about technology in pre-modern China follow a well-worn plot: in about 1400 after an early ferment of creativity that made it the most technologically sophisticated civilisation in the world, China entered an era of technical lethargy and decline. But how are we to reconcile this tale, which portrays China in the Ming and Qing dynasties as a dying giant that had outgrown its own strength, with the wealth of counterevidence affirming that the country remained rich, vigorous and powerful atCritical Asian scholarship.Technological innovationsChinaHistoryTechnologySocial aspectsChinaSex roleChinaHistoryChinaSocial conditions960-1644Electronic books.Technological innovationsHistory.TechnologySocial aspectsSex roleHistory.303.48/30820951Bray Francesca.248942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452607303321Technology, gender and history in imperial China2131689UNINA