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Forging the future : China's industrial heritage /

"This program draws on historical evidence and expert commentary to vividly illustrate China's early mastery of crucial industrial processes and to explain how they contributed to the wealth and progress of Chinese civilization."--Container.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Needham Research Institute, Zhongguo ke xue yuan, PCCW (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Shrapnel, John, Michie, Alistair, Bennell, Terry
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]
Series:China : the dragon's ascent.
Subjects:
China > Civilization.
China > History.
Industrialization > China.
Industries > China.
China > Commerce > History.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary films.
Description
Summary:"This program draws on historical evidence and expert commentary to vividly illustrate China's early mastery of crucial industrial processes and to explain how they contributed to the wealth and progress of Chinese civilization."--Container.
Item Description:Videodisc release of a 2001[?] television production.
Title from container.
"[A] collaboration between the Needham Research Institute at Cambridge University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences"--Container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Photographer, Mike Shrimpton ; music, Richard Harvey,Steve Baker ; editor, Mike Akester.