Catherine Jami: 2 books
The Emperor's New Mathematics
Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
In 1644 the Qing dynasty seized power in China. Its Manchu elite were at first seen by most of their subjects as foreigners from beyond the Great Wall, and the consolidation of Qing rule presented significant cultural and political problems, as well as military challenges. It was the Kangxi emperor...
by Karine Chemla, Catherine Jami, Agathe Keller
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
How do Documents Become Sources? Perspectives from Asia and Science Florence Bretelle-Establet From Documents to Sources in Historiography The present volume develops a specific type of critical analysis of the written documents that have become historians’ sources. For reasons that will be explained...