Francesca Bray is professor of anthropology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is also the author of Volume 6 of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China, on agriculture, as well as The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies (University of California Press, 1994) and Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China (University of California Press, 1997), which was awarded SHOT's Dexter Prize in 1999.
This booklet describes the technologies of Ming China as they developed and were shaped by Ming social and cultural values. It treats paper, printing and the circulation of knowledge, transportation, farming, textile production, and domestic architecture, devoting particular attention to issues of gender, class, and political culture. This 89-page booklet includes 45 illustrations, a bibliography, and an essay on the scholarly literature. It provides is a superb introduction not only to Ming Chinese technology but also to Ming Chinese history in general.
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圖書標籤: 海外中國研究 科學史 科技史 明清史 環境史 明代的技術與社會 Ming
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