Article ID: CBB589390631

Placing the Science of Agriculture in Early Twentieth-Century China (2022)

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Histories of science in modern China often explore their subjects within global or national frameworks. This essay uses data from gazetteers to address the place-based nature of Chinese agricultural science as it developed at smaller geographical scales. Information contained in gazetteers suggests that regional environmental knowledge and site-specific social networks influenced the construction and communication of scientific ideas about farming at the local level. By highlighting these dimensions of knowledge making, this essay demonstrates the benefits of using gazetteers to grapple with the importance of place in Chinese science.

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Article Shellen X. Wu (2022) Introduction: Redrawing the Map of Science in Modern China. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 797-804). unapi

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Article Shellen X. Wu (2022) Using LoGart to Uncover a New Spatiality of Science in China. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 805-815). unapi

Article Jiajing Zhang (2022) The Art of Compromise: New Maps in Local Gazetteers of the Late Qing Dynasty. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 829-840). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Vrhovski, Jan
Ali Erken
Rune Svarverud
Austin, Gareth
António Manuel Lopes Andrade
Bruno A. Martinho
Concepts
Agriculture
Farms
Knowledge circulation
Farmers
Social networks
Diffusion of innovation; diffusion of knowledge; diffusion of technology
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Early modern
Modern
Medieval
20th century
Places
China
Ankara (Turkey)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
São Paulo (Brazil)
Ghana
Institutions
Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Tsinghua University
Bureau of Plant Industry (United States)
Ankara Yüksek Ziraat Enstitüsü
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Rockefeller Foundation
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