Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China: Great Transformations Reconsidered by Francesca Bray

Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China: Great Transformations Reconsidered

Francesca Bray

296 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

informative reflective slow-paced
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What can the history of technology contribute to our understanding of late imperial China? Most stories about technology in pre-modern China follow a well-worn plot: in about 1400 after an early ferment of creativity that made it the most technolo...

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