Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology a… 9780521419994 VG:3291065
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 3, Agro-Industries and ForestryAuthor(s): Joseph Needham, Christian Daniels, Nicholas K. Menzies\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521419994, 978-0521419994\nSynopsis\nVolume 6. Part III of Science and Civilisation in China contains two separate works. The first, by Christian Daniels, is a comprehensive history of Chinese sugar cane technology from ancient times to the early twentieth century. Dr Daniels includes an account of the contribution of Chinese techniques and machinery to the development of world sugar technology in the pre-modern period, devoting special attention to the transfer of this technology to the countries of South-East and East Asia in the period after the sixteenth century. The second, by Nicholas K. Menzies, is a history of forestry in China. Dr Menzies identifies a tradition of forest man.
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