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Looking at it from Asia
Florence . Ed(S): Bretelle-Establet
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Description for Looking at it from Asia
Hardback. The idea for this volume took shape within a group of scholars working on the history of science in Asia. The subject area is unique and the book can be used as supplemental reading for the history of science in 'non-western' countries. Editor(s): Bretelle-Establet, Florence. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GL; HB; JFC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1850.
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 later, the history of science in Asia has been taken as a framework. However, the issue addressed is general in scope. It emerged from reflections on a problem that may seem common to historians: why, among the huge mass of written documents available to historians, some have been well studied while others have been dismissed or ignored? ... Read more
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 later, the history of science in Asia has been taken as a framework. However, the issue addressed is general in scope. It emerged from reflections on a problem that may seem common to historians: why, among the huge mass of written documents available to historians, some have been well studied while others have been dismissed or ignored? ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048136759
SKU
V9789048136759
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Reviews for Looking at it from Asia
From the reviews: “The resulting collection is a complex and stimulating blend of detailed scholarly investigations and general historiographical observations contributed by an impressive line-up of researchers. … serve the two sets of readers who will no doubt be interested in this book, those who are curious in the specialised treatments and … those who are drawn to the ... Read more