Subject: China--Civilization--Western influences.

To change China: Western advisors to China
AuthorSpence, Jonathan D.
PlaceNew York
PublisherPenguin Books
CollectionRicci Institute [AEC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberDS740.4.S62 2002
Description335 p. ; ill., ; 20 cm.
NoteTo change China : Western advisers in China / by Jonathan Spence.
Reprint of the 1969 ed. published by Little, Brown, New York.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-325) and index.

Contents: Schall and Verbiest : to God through the stars -- Peter Parker : bodies or souls -- Ward and Gordon : glorious days of looting -- Lay and Hart : power, patronage, pay -- Martin and Fryer : trimming the lamps -- Edward Hume : Yale for China -- Mikhail Borodin : life in the sun -- Todd and Bethune : overcome all terrors -- Chennault, Stilwell, Wedemeyer : a compass for Shangri-La -- The last rounds : U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.

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ISBN0140055282; 9780140055283
LCCN79024544
Zhongguo kexue jishu de Xichuan jiqi yingxiang 中國科學技朮的西傳及其影響, 1582-1793
AuthorHan Qi 韓琦
PlaceShijiazhuang 石家莊
PublisherHebei renmin chubanshe 河北人民出版社
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition第1版
LanguageChinese 中文[簡體字]
TypeBook
SeriesDongxue Xijian congshu 東學西漸叢書
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberQ127.C5 H32 1999
Description3, 5, 232 p., [8] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
NoteZhongguo kexue jishu de Xichuan jiqi yingxiang 中國科學技朮的西傳及其影響, 1582-1793 / Han Qi 韓琦.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes appendix of Chinese names for Westerners cited in the text.

Keywords: European influences on Chinese science and technology, 16th, 17th, 18th, centuries; comments on Mendoza, Ricci, French Jesuits and French Royal mathematicians and academics; England's Royal Society, 17th-18th century astronomy, observatories, medicine and medical science, mechanics and mechanical arts, printing, movable type, porcelain.

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ISBN7202025590