History of Technology, Volume 29 : Technology in China.

The common question from the western point of view is of the sort; why did China lose its early leadership of productive technologies to Europe during the early modern period? Answers to this seemingly clear enquiry vary from general cultural inwardness to the interferences of imperial governance. T...

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Main Author: Inkster, Ian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2010.
Series:History of Technology Ser.
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