The study of change: chemistry in China, 1840-1949

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Abbreviations Preface Introduction Part I. Science and Self-Strengthening, 1840-1895: 1. The advocates: chemical translators, John Fryer and Hsu 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.

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