Xxxviii, 318 pp. Bibliographies, general index. 2 folding maps at rear, 36 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. Large octavo. Cream and blue dust jacket with ancient Chinese images. Some small stains on the cream spine, bit of wear to top and tail of spine DJ, flaps intact. Book itself is clean and nice, a very good copy. First edition was 1954, this is the 1979 Cambridge reprint. Red and black title page with facing Chinese with red "chop." The first in what would become a 7 volume series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 1 Introductory Orientations

Publisher

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge; London; New York; Melbourne

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

052105799X

ISBN 13

9780521057998

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Good

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History: China

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Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will stand as one of the great works of our time. It has been acclaimed by specialists in both East and West and also by readers with wider and more general interests. The text, based on research of a high critical quality, is supported by many hundreds of illustrations and is imbued with a warm appreciation of China. Volume I is an introductory volume, in which Dr Needham prepares his readers for the study of a whole human culture. He begins by examining the structure of the Chinese language; he reviews the geography of China and the long history of its people, and discusses the scientific contacts which have occurred throughout the centuries, between Europe and East Asia.

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"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."
Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books

"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University

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