Chapter ID: CBB689327508

Reflections on the Transmission and Transformation of Technologies: Agriculture, Printing and Gunpowder between East and West (2011)

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This paper considers three major areas of technological innovation – agriculture, gunpowder weapons, and printing – in the light of broad comparisons between China in the Tang to Yuan periods, and Western Europe in the late middle ages and early modern period. Through a discussion of the social and political effects of these innovations, the paper opens the question of how far it is useful to attempt to discuss technology in purely technical terms, and whether it is meaningful to speak of any technology outside its concrete social context.

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Authors & Contributors
Wang, Zheran
Hao Xu
Paolo Nanni
Lucille Chia
Nongshu, Wang Zhen
Fu, Louis
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Cross-cultural comparison
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Medicine
Agriculture
Technology and society
Time Periods
Medieval
Yuan Dynasty (China, ca. 1260-1368)
Early modern
Tang dynasty (China, 618-907)
Modern
Ancient
Places
China
Europe
Greece
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