On their own terms : science in China, 1550-1900 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Elman, Benjamin A., 1946-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	Science > China > History > 16th century. Science > China > History > 17th century. Science > China > History > 18th century. Science > China > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Ming classification on the eve of Jesuit contact
The Late Ming calendar crisis and Gregorian reform
Sino-Jesuit accommodations during the seventeenth century
The limits of Western learning in the early eighteenth century
The Jesuit role as experts in high Qing cartography and technology
Evidential research and the restoration of ancient learning
Seeking the truth and high Qing mathematics
Protestants, education, and modern science to 1880
The construction of modern science in late Qing China
Government arsenals, science, and technology in China after 1860
Displacement of traditional Chinese science and medicine in the twentieth century.