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Hardback. New. The period from the late sixteenth to the late eighteenth centuries was one of complex change for the Chinese. Through her focus on technology and the decorative arts, Catherine Pagani contributes to an overall understanding of the nature and extent of European influence in late Imperial China and of the complex interaction between these cultures.
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- Title Eastern Magnificence and European Ingenuity: Clocks of Late Imperial China
- Author Catherine Mary Pagani
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Michigan Press
- Date October 15, 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780472112081 / 0472112082
- Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9.6 x 6.54 x 1.19 in (24.38 x 16.61 x 3.02 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Library of Congress subjects Clocks and watches - China - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00012901
- Dewey Decimal Code 681.113
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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 286 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild rubbing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Light scuffing to front cover. Minor shelf wear to boards. Textblock clean. Shelved in Antiques. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378965. Shelved…
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