Technology and Society in Ming China, 1368-1644
(Part of the Historical Perspectives on Technology Series)
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Historians of Chinese technology have tended to pay little attention to the Ming dynasty, characterizing it as a stagnantperiod unmarked by significant inventions of the kind that in Europe gave rise to the industrial revolution and the modern world. Yet the Ming was a period of extraordinary social, cultural, and economic vitality and change, and it would be curious if technology had played no part in these changes. This pamphlet approaches the material...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0872291197
ISBN13:9780872291195
Release Date:November 2000
Publisher:American Historical Association
Length:89 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
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