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Preface
Introduction
Part I. Science and Self-Strengthening, 1840-1895: 1. The advocates: chemical translators, John Fryer and Hsü Shou
2. Changing Chinese: chemical translations of the Kiangnan Arsenal
3. The limits of change: science, state and society in the nineteenth century
Part II. The Interregnum, 1895-1927: 4. First-generation scientists: makers of China's new culture
5. Learning about science
6. The beginning of chemical research
7. Chinese entrepreneurs and the rise of the chemical industry
Part III. The Nanking Decade, 1927-1937: 8. Science and the state during the Nanking Decade
9. Scientific education: the balance achieved
10. Scientific research: the balance threatened
11. The chemical industry and the limits of growth
Part IV. The War, 1937-1945: 12. Science in nationalist China: the wartime experience
13. Science in communist China I: innovations in industry
14. Science in communist China II: scientists versus the state
15. Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.
