Joseph Needham, Francesca Bray

Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Agriculture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This second part of the sixth volume of Joeph Needham's great enterprise is an account of the technological history of Chinese agriculture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge-Hitachi
• Seitenzahl: 768
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 191mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1588g
• ISBN-13: 9780521250764
• ISBN-10: 0521250765
• Artikelnr.: 24342175

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Author's note
Part 41. Agriculture
a. Introduction: 1. General characteristics of Chinese agriculture
2. Agricultural regions
3. Origins of Chinese agriculture
b. Sources: 1. The yüeh ling or agricultural calendars
2. Agricultural treatises
3. State-commissioned compilations
4. Monographs
5. Supplementary sources
6. The content of the Chinese sources, and the implications for historical interpretation
7. A comparison with the European tradition
c. Field systems: 1. Land clearance and reclamation
2. Shifting cultivation
3. Permanent fields
d. Agricultural implements and techniques: 1. Tillage implements
2. Sowing
3. Fertilisation
4. Weeding and cultivation
5. Harvesting, threshing and winnowing
6. Grain storage
e. Crop systems: 1. Crop rotation
2. Millets, sorghum and maize
3. Wheat and barley
4. Rice
5. Legumes
6. Oil crops
7. Tuber crops
8. Fibre crops
9. Vegetables and fruits
f. Conclusions: Agricultural changes and society - stagnation or revolution?: 1. Did China contribute to Europe's Agricultural Revolution?
2. Agricultural revolution in China?
3. Development or change?
Bibliographies
General index.