{"product_id":"science-and-civilisation-in-china-part-2-agriculture-hardback-9780521250764","title":"Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Agriculture (Hardback) 9780521250764","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScience and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Agriculture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis second part of the sixth volume of Joeph Needham's great enterprise is an account of the technological history of Chinese agriculture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Needham (Author), Francesca Bray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521250764, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 April 1984\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e768 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 20 x 5.1 cm, 1.915 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man.\"\u003cbr\u003e  Laurence Picken, Cambridge University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis second part of the sixth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is the first to be written by a collaborator. Francesca Bray, working closely with Dr Needham, has produced the most comprehensive study of Chinese agriculture to be published in the West. From a huge mass of source material, often confusing and obscure, and from first-hand study in China, she brings order and illumination to a crucial area of Chinese technological development. The main body of the book is an account of the technological history of agriculture, with major sections devoted to field systems, implements and techniques (sowing, harvesting, storing) and crop systems (what has grown and where and how crops rotated). The concluding section contrasts Europe's Agricultural Revolution with agrarian change in North China in the Han and with the 'Green Revolution' in South China in the Sung. In the theoretical analysis which concludes this section we find a vital contribution to the elucidation of the main question posed by Dr Needham's work: why did the Scientific Revolution which transformed the world take place in Europe and not in China?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Author's note\u003cbr\u003e Part 41. Agriculture\u003cbr\u003e a. Introduction: 1. General characteristics of Chinese agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 2. Agricultural regions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Origins of Chinese agriculture\u003cbr\u003e b. Sources: 1. The yüeh ling or agricultural calendars\u003cbr\u003e 2. Agricultural treatises\u003cbr\u003e 3. State-commissioned compilations\u003cbr\u003e 4. Monographs\u003cbr\u003e 5. Supplementary sources\u003cbr\u003e 6. The content of the Chinese sources, and the implications for historical interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 7. A comparison with the European tradition\u003cbr\u003e c. Field systems: 1. Land clearance and reclamation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Shifting cultivation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Permanent fields\u003cbr\u003e d. Agricultural implements and techniques: 1. Tillage implements\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sowing\u003cbr\u003e 3. Fertilisation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Weeding and cultivation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Harvesting, threshing and winnowing\u003cbr\u003e 6. Grain storage\u003cbr\u003e e. Crop systems: 1. Crop rotation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Millets, sorghum and maize\u003cbr\u003e 3. Wheat and barley\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rice\u003cbr\u003e 5. Legumes\u003cbr\u003e 6. Oil crops\u003cbr\u003e 7. Tuber crops\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fibre crops\u003cbr\u003e 9. Vegetables and fruits\u003cbr\u003e f. Conclusions: Agricultural changes and society - stagnation or revolution?: 1. Did China contribute to Europe's Agricultural Revolution?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Agricultural revolution in China?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Development or change?\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographies\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003737100568,"sku":"9780521250764","price":223.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521250764i_ffcaf83b-57b2-45e3-9750-a40f3a96c966.jpg?v=1691374115","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/science-and-civilisation-in-china-part-2-agriculture-hardback-9780521250764","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}