Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China

The Warp and the Weft
Herausgeber: Bray, Francesca; Métailié, Georges; Dorofeeva-Lichtmann, Vera

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on history of science and philosophy of knowledge, this wide-ranging collection of essays on varieties of diagram, schema, technical illustration and chart offers a challenging new interpretation of technical knowledge in Chinese thought and practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 786
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1433g
• ISBN-13: 9789004160637
• ISBN-10: 9004160639
• Artikelnr.: 23469367

Autorenporträt

Francesca Bray, Ph.D. (1985) in Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, is Professor of Social Anthropology at Edinburgh. Her publications include Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China (California, 1997). Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann, Ph.D. (1992) in History, Moscow University, is Directeur de recherche at the CNRS in Paris. Her publications include "Mapping a 'Spiritual' Landscape: Representing Terrestrial Space in the Shan hai jing," in: Political Frontiers, Ethnic Boundaries, and Human Geographies in Chinese History (London - New York, 2003). Georges Métailié, Ph.D. (1974) in Far Eastern Studies, University of Paris 7, is Directeur de recherche at the CNRS in Paris. His latest publication is Dictionnaire Ricci des plantes de Chine (Paris, 2005).