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Chinese Astronomical Bureau, 1620–1850
Lineages, Bureaucracy and Technical Expertise
Inbunden, 2022
2126 kr
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This book offers a new insight into one of the most interesting and long-lived institutions known to historians of science, the Chinese imperial Astronomical Bureau, which for two millennia observed, recorded, interpreted and predicted the movements of the celestial bodies.Utilising archival …
Chinese Physician
Wang Ji and the Stone Mountain Medical Case Histories
Av Joanna Grant
Inbunden, 2003
2578 kr
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A Chinese Physician is the portrait of a 16th century medical writer and clinical practitioner. Drawing on socio-economic/biographic, textual, and gender analysis along side a variety of sources, from hagiographical biographies to medical case histories, the book tells three very different but …
Chinese Mathematical Astrology
Reaching Out to the Stars
Av Ho Peng Yoke
Inbunden, 2003
2504 kr
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Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau in the eleventh century and for hundreds of years thereafter. Chinese experts applied the methods associated …
Medieval Chinese Medicine
The Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts
Av Christopher Cullen, Vivienne Lo
Inbunden, 2005
2578 kr
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In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practised in Western countries, and the academic study of the subject is now well established. However, there are still few scholarly monographs that describe the history of Chinese medicine and there are none at all on …
Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963
A Medicine of Revolution
Av Kim Taylor
Inbunden, 2004
2578 kr
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Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health-care system under the Chinese Communist Party. The political, …
Explorations in Daoism
Medicine and Alchemy in Literature
Av Ho Peng Yoke
Inbunden, 2007
2512 kr
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The Daoist canon is the definitive fifteenth century compilation of texts concerning ritual, alchemical and meditation practices within Daoist religion. Many of these texts are undated and anonymous, so dating them is essential for a clear understanding of the development of Chinese alchemy, and …
Evolution of Chinese Medicine
Song Dynasty, 960–1200
Inbunden, 2008
2586 kr
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The history of Chinese medicine hinges on three major turning points: the formation of canonical theory in the Han dynasty; the transformation of medicine via the integration of earlier medical theories and practices in the Song dynasty; and the impact of Western medicine from the nineteenth …
Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World
Global Politics of Medical Knowledge and Practice
Inbunden, 2008
2826 kr
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The popularity of Tibetan medicine plays a central role in the international market for alternative medicine and has been increasing and extending far beyond its original cultural area becoming a global phenomenon. This book analyses Tibetan medicine in the 21st century by considering the …
Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963
A Medicine of Revolution
Av Kim Taylor
Häftad, 2011
937 kr
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Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health-care system under the Chinese Communist Party. The political, …
Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine
Disease and the Geographic Imagination in Late Imperial China
Av Marta Hanson
Inbunden, 2011
2578 kr
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This book traces the history of the Chinese concept of "Warm diseases" (wenbing) from antiquity to the SARS epidemic. Following wenbing from its birth to maturity and even life in modern times Marta Hanson approaches the history of Chinese medicine from a new angle. She explores the possibility of …
Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World
Global Politics of Medical Knowledge and Practice
Häftad, 2011
770 kr
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The popularity of Tibetan medicine plays a central role in the international market for alternative medicine and has been increasing and extending far beyond its original cultural area becoming a global phenomenon. This book analyses Tibetan medicine in the 21st century by considering the …
Explorations in Daoism
Medicine and Alchemy in Literature
Av Ho Peng Yoke
Häftad, 2011
907 kr
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The Daoist canon is the definitive fifteenth century compilation of texts concerning ritual, alchemical and meditation practices within Daoist religion. Many of these texts are undated and anonymous, so dating them is essential for a clear understanding of the development of Chinese alchemy, and …
Evolution of Chinese Medicine
Song Dynasty, 960–1200
Häftad, 2011
934 kr
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The history of Chinese medicine hinges on three major turning points: the formation of canonical theory in the Han dynasty; the transformation of medicine via the integration of earlier medical theories and practices in the Song dynasty; and the impact of Western medicine from the nineteenth …
Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics
Mathematics, History and Politics in the Work of Wu Wen-Tsun
Av Jiri Hudecek
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
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Twentieth-century China has been caught between a desire to increase its wealth and power in line with other advanced nations, which, by implication, means copying their institutions, practices and values, whilst simultaneously seeking to preserve China’s independence and historically formed …
Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine
Disease and the Geographic Imagination in Late Imperial China
Av Marta Hanson
Häftad, 2013
919 kr
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This book traces the history of the Chinese concept of "Warm diseases" (wenbing) from antiquity to the SARS epidemic. Following wenbing from its birth to maturity and even life in modern times Marta Hanson approaches the history of Chinese medicine from a new angle. She explores the possibility of …
Chinese Physician
Wang Ji and the Stone Mountain Medical Case Histories
Av Joanna Grant
Häftad, 2014
874 kr
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A Chinese Physician is the portrait of a 16th century medical writer and clinical practitioner. Drawing on socio-economic/biographic, textual, and gender analysis along side a variety of sources, from hagiographical biographies to medical case histories, the book tells three very different but …
Chinese Mathematical Astrology
Reaching Out to the Stars
Av Ho Peng Yoke
Häftad, 2013
934 kr
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Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau in the eleventh century and for hundreds of years thereafter. Chinese experts applied the methods associated …
Celestial Lancets
A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa
Av Gwei-Djen Lu, Joseph Needham
Häftad, 2002
849 kr
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Using modern knowledge to shed light on ancient techniques, this text examines two of the earliest therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine: acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the implantation of very thin needles into subcutaneous connective tissue and muscle at a great number of …
Asian Medical Industries
Contemporary Perspectives on Traditional Pharmaceuticals
Av Stephan Kloos, Calum Blaikie
Inbunden, 2022
2586 kr
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This book develops the concept of Asian Medical Industries as a novel perspective on traditional Asian medicines.Complementing and updating existing work in this field, the book provides a critical and comparative analytic framework for understanding Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Sowa Rigpa, and …
Asian Medical Industries
Contemporary Perspectives on Traditional Pharmaceuticals
Av Stephan Kloos, Calum Blaikie
Häftad, 2023
712 kr
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This book develops the concept of Asian Medical Industries as a novel perspective on traditional Asian medicines.Complementing and updating existing work in this field, the book provides a critical and comparative analytic framework for understanding Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Sowa Rigpa, and …
Disability and Impairment in Early China
Other Bodies
Inbunden, 2025
2578 kr
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This book is the first collection of scholarly works fully dedicated to exploring disability and impairment in early Chinese history.Early Chinese understandings of disability are effectively revealed through investigations of a wide range of aspects, such as terminological, legal, political, and …
Disability and Impairment in Early China
Other Bodies
Häftad, 2026
725 kr
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This book is the first collection of scholarly works fully dedicated to exploring disability and impairment in early Chinese history.Early Chinese understandings of disability are effectively revealed through investigations of a wide range of aspects, such as terminological, legal, political, and …
Chinese Astronomical Bureau, 1620–1850
Lineages, Bureaucracy and Technical Expertise
Häftad, 2024
665 kr
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This book offers a new insight into one of the most interesting and long-lived institutions known to historians of science, the Chinese imperial Astronomical Bureau, which for two millennia observed, recorded, interpreted and predicted the movements of the celestial bodies.Utilising archival …
Bamboo in Vietnam
An Anthropological and Historical Approach
Av Đinh Trọng Hiếu, Emmanuel Poisson
Inbunden, 2023
2578 kr
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This book presents interdisciplinary research on bamboo in Vietnam, drawing on the anthropology of gesture, ethnobotany and the history of technology.The authors have adopted a technological approach which reviews how the terminology of different parts of the bamboo plant in the dictionaries in …
Bamboo in Vietnam
An Anthropological and Historical Approach
Av Đinh Trọng Hiếu, Emmanuel Poisson
Häftad, 2025
665 kr
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This book presents interdisciplinary research on bamboo in Vietnam, drawing on the anthropology of gesture, ethnobotany and the history of technology.The authors have adopted a technological approach which reviews how the terminology of different parts of the bamboo plant in the dictionaries in …
Renaming Plants and Nations in Japanese Colonial Korea
Av Jung Lee
Inbunden, 2025
2578 kr
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This book studies a striking example of intensely negotiated colonial scientific practice: the case of botanical practice in Korea during the Japanese colonization from 1910 to 1945.The shared aim of botanists who encountered one another in colonial Korea to practice “modern Western botany” is …
Renaming Plants and Nations in Japanese Colonial Korea
Av Jung Lee
Häftad, 2026
704 kr
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This book studies a striking example of intensely negotiated colonial scientific practice: the case of botanical practice in Korea during the Japanese colonisation from 1910 to 1945.The shared aim of botanists who encountered one another in colonial Korea to practise “modern Western botany” is …
Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics
Mathematics, History and Politics in the Work of Wu Wen-Tsun
Av Jiri Hudecek
Häftad, 2017
870 kr
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Twentieth-century China has been caught between a desire to increase its wealth and power in line with other advanced nations, which, by implication, means copying their institutions, practices and values, whilst simultaneously seeking to preserve China’s independence and historically formed …
Rice, Agriculture, and the Food Supply in Premodern Japan
Av Charlotte Verschuer, Wendy Cobcroft
Häftad, 2017
814 kr
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The majority of studies on the agricultural history of Japan have focused on the public administration of land and production, and rice, the principal source of revenue, has received the most attention. However, while this cereal has clearly played a decisive role in the public economy of the …
Politics of Chinese Medicine Under Mongol Rule
Av Reiko Shinno
Häftad, 2017
814 kr
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Under the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227), China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be considered a highly respected occupation for elite men. During this period, further major steps were also taken towards the codification of medical …
