LEADER 03965nam 22007934a 450 001 9910954041103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674036475 010 $a0674036476 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674036475 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786835 035 $a(OCoLC)443109938 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10314310 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214821 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214821 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167461 035 $a(PQKB)10757275 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300298 035 $a(DE-B1597)457604 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954427 035 $a(OCoLC)1029826534 035 $a(OCoLC)1032692067 035 $a(OCoLC)1037970374 035 $a(OCoLC)1041979827 035 $a(OCoLC)1046610794 035 $a(OCoLC)1047004892 035 $a(OCoLC)979904409 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674036475 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300298 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314310 035 $a(OCoLC)923110431 035 $a(Perlego)1132825 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786835 100 $a20040923d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn their own terms $escience in China, 1550-1900 /$fBenjamin A. Elman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (606 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780674016859 311 08$a0674016858 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 527-540) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables -- $tChinese Dynasties -- $tAbbreviations -- $tPreface -- $tI. Introduction -- $tPrologue -- $t1. Ming Classification on the Eve of Jesuit Contact -- $tII. Natural Studies and the Jesuits -- $t2. The Late Ming Calendar Crisis and Gregorian Reform -- $t3. Sino-Jesuit Accommodations During the Seventeenth Century -- $t4. The Limits of Western Learning in the Early Eighteenth Century -- $t5. The Jesuit Role as Experts in High Qing Cartography and Technology -- $tIII. Evidential Research and Natural Studies -- $t6. Evidential Research and the Restoration of Ancient Learning -- $t7. Seeking the Truth and High Qing Mathematics -- $tIV. Modern Science and the Protestants -- $t8. Protestants, Education, and Modern Science to 1880 -- $t9. The Construction of Modern Science in Late Qing China -- $tV. Qing Reformism and Modern Science -- $t10. Government Arsenals, Science, and Technology in China after 1860 -- $t11. Displacement of Traditional Chinese Science and Medicine in the Twentieth Century -- $tAppendixes -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography of Chinese and Japanese Sources -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tCredits -- $tIndex 330 $aSince the middle of the nineteenth century, imperial reformers, early Republicans, Guomindang party cadres, and Chinese Communists have all prioritized science and technology. In this book, Elman gives a nuanced account of the ways in which native Chinese science evolved over four centuries, under the influence of both Jesuit and Protestant missionaries. In the end, he argues, the Chinese produced modern science on their own terms. 517 3 $aScience in China, 1550-1900 606 $aScience$zChina$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aScience$zChina$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aScience$zChina$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aScience$zChina$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory 676 $a509/.51 686 $aTB 2327$2rvk 700 $aElman$b Benjamin A.$f1946-$0934862 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954041103321 996 $aOn their own terms$94361481 997 $aUNINA