Chinese Thought, society, and science : the intellectual and social background of science and technology in pre-modern China

Bodde (Chinese studies emeritus, U. of Pennsylvania) does not focus on Chinese science and technology per se but on the wide range of intellectual and social forces at work in China that may have favored or disfavored science and technology in pre-modern China forces, Bodde argues, overwhelmingly humanistic. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.