Author: Association for Asian Studies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Newsletter of the Association for Asian Studies
Author: Association for Asian Studies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Newsletter - Association for Asian Studies
Author: Association for Asian Studies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Newsletter - Association for Asian Studies, Committee on East Asian Libraries
Author: Association for Asian Studies. Committee on East Asian Libraries
Publisher:
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Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Asian Studies Newsletter
Author:
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Publisher:
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Know Your Remedies
Author: He Bian
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691200130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"Traditional Chinese medicine has been practiced in various forms for more than a thousand years. Practitioners may heal patients with herbal remedies, acupuncture, massage, exercise, and modified diets. Even today, herbal medicines are of particular importance; Chinese pharmacies containing a vast array of remedies can be found in cities and towns the world over. This book is an interdisciplinary and cultural history of the concept of "pharmacy," both the drugs themselves and the trade in medicine, during the Ming and Qing dynasties of early modern China. This was a time of change for traditional Chinese medicine and for Chinese science as a whole. Many historians have argued that sixteenth-century China was a high point of scientific inquiry, followed by a period of intellectual decline. Though political and intellectual shifts led to a crisis of authority over pharmaceutical knowledge in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, Bian argues that this period of supposed intellectual decline was in fact characterized by numerous efforts to further refine and spread the pharmacological knowledge amassed in the Ming dynasty. She draws on a wide range of primary sources, but particularly through the study of bencao (pronounced "pen ts'ao"), a genre of encyclopaedic works, often called matteria medica or pharmacopoeia in the West, that collect information on medicinal substances. As the early modern Chinese Empire expanded and print culture became more widespread, the pursuit of medical remedies became a significant commercial enterprise. The author connects theory and practice of pharmacy during the Ming and Qing dynasties to broader developments in intellectual history, book culture, commerce, and taxation"--
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691200130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"Traditional Chinese medicine has been practiced in various forms for more than a thousand years. Practitioners may heal patients with herbal remedies, acupuncture, massage, exercise, and modified diets. Even today, herbal medicines are of particular importance; Chinese pharmacies containing a vast array of remedies can be found in cities and towns the world over. This book is an interdisciplinary and cultural history of the concept of "pharmacy," both the drugs themselves and the trade in medicine, during the Ming and Qing dynasties of early modern China. This was a time of change for traditional Chinese medicine and for Chinese science as a whole. Many historians have argued that sixteenth-century China was a high point of scientific inquiry, followed by a period of intellectual decline. Though political and intellectual shifts led to a crisis of authority over pharmaceutical knowledge in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, Bian argues that this period of supposed intellectual decline was in fact characterized by numerous efforts to further refine and spread the pharmacological knowledge amassed in the Ming dynasty. She draws on a wide range of primary sources, but particularly through the study of bencao (pronounced "pen ts'ao"), a genre of encyclopaedic works, often called matteria medica or pharmacopoeia in the West, that collect information on medicinal substances. As the early modern Chinese Empire expanded and print culture became more widespread, the pursuit of medical remedies became a significant commercial enterprise. The author connects theory and practice of pharmacy during the Ming and Qing dynasties to broader developments in intellectual history, book culture, commerce, and taxation"--
Guide to Asian Studies in Europe
Author: International Institute for Asian Studies
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780700710546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Guide provides a comprehensive survey of researchers, institutes, university departments, museums, organisations and newsletters in the field of Asian Studies in Europe.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780700710546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Guide provides a comprehensive survey of researchers, institutes, university departments, museums, organisations and newsletters in the field of Asian Studies in Europe.
Directory of Education Associations
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Education Directory
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The History of Imperial China
Author: Endymion Wilkinson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 1684171806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction in English to Sinological methods and traditional Chinese historical writing. The time span ranges from earliest times to 1911, with special emphasis on the years between the third century B.C. and the eighteenth century. The author includes introductions to major reference works and biographical information, and explanations of such matters as converting traditional dates. In addition to standard histories, the survey covers biographical writing, historical and administrative geography, works on statecraft, archival sources, and Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist writings.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 1684171806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction in English to Sinological methods and traditional Chinese historical writing. The time span ranges from earliest times to 1911, with special emphasis on the years between the third century B.C. and the eighteenth century. The author includes introductions to major reference works and biographical information, and explanations of such matters as converting traditional dates. In addition to standard histories, the survey covers biographical writing, historical and administrative geography, works on statecraft, archival sources, and Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist writings.
Bulletin - Association for Asian Studies, Inc., Committee on East Asian Libraries
Author: Association for Asian Studies. Committee on East Asian Libraries
Publisher:
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Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description