{"product_id":"imagined-civilizations-9781421406060","title":"Imagined Civilizations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the Jesuits claimed Xu as a convert, he presented the Jesuits as men from afar who had traveled from the West to China to serve the emperor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOverall, this book is interesting for the analytical framework it suggests for approaching area-based global historical questions and it is very original in some of its historiographic claims... The Math Intelligencer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. Science as the Measure of Civilizations\u003cbr\u003e3. From Copula to Incommensurable Worlds\u003cbr\u003e4. Mathematical Texts in Historical Context\u003cbr\u003e5. Tracing Practices Purloined by the Three Pillars\u003cbr\u003e6. Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian\u003cbr\u003e7. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Zhu Zaiyu's New Theory of Calculation\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Xu Guangqi's Right Triangles, Meanings\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Xu Guangqi's Writings\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529525076311,"sku":"9781421406060","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421406060.jpg?v=1731875956","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imagined-civilizations-9781421406060","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}