{"product_id":"chinas-transition-to-modernity-9780295994765","title":"Chinas Transition to Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book invites us to a deeper reflection on the split between the humanities and the sciences. . . .This highly erudite book will surely reach a broad audience among historians of science and philosophy in China.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Thierry Meynard * Journal of Jesuit Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hu’s book offers the reader a treasure trove of diverse stories from 17th and 18th century Chinese intellectual history that are important to understand the genesis and legacy of Dai’s thought.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Manuel Sassmann * Monumenta Serica *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This admirable book casts new light on an 18th-century Chinese intellectual giant and on the complex interplay within and between politics and ideas during that time of dynastic vigor and cultural self-confidence. . . . [It] belongs on the short must-read list of all advanced students of 'early modern' Chinese history. Essential.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone interested in eighteenth-century Chinese intellectual history should be grateful to Minghui Hu. . . . Hu’s revisionist study sheds new light on the innovativeness of Dai Zhen’s learning and thinking, enriching our understanding of the scientific and technical dimensions of kaozheng scholarship.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- On-cho Ng * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Man and His Times\u003cbr\u003e 2. How Jesuit Science Conquered the Kangxi Court\u003cbr\u003e 3. Searching for Truth in the Origins of Civilizations\u003cbr\u003e 4. How to Build a Coalition around Science\u003cbr\u003e 5. An Outsider Enters the Mainstream\u003cbr\u003e 6. How to Dethrone Jesuit Science\u003cbr\u003e 7. Bringing It Home to the Palace of LightMonumenta Serica\u003cbr\u003e 8. Legibility of Visionary Scholars\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524701921623,"sku":"9780295994765","price":91.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295994765.jpg?v=1731857808","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinas-transition-to-modernity-9780295994765","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}