Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II, Book 3

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The Century of Wonder Written by Donald F. Lach This is the second volume in a series that traces, century by century, the role of Asia in the making of Europe.The rise to world dominance of the Western nations in modern times and the rapid industrial growth of the West,...

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The Century of Wonder

Written by Donald F. Lach

This is the second volume in a series that traces, century by century, the role of Asia in the making of Europe.

The rise to world dominance of the Western nations in modern times and the rapid industrial growth of the West, which outpaced the East in technical and military achievements, have led to a historical eclipse of the ancient and brilliant cultures of Asia.

Historican Donald F. Lach, in his influential scholarly work, Asia in the Making of Europe, points out that an eclipse is never permanent, that this one was never total, and that there was a period in early modern times when Asia and Europe were close rivals in brilliance and mutual influence.

Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together “everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders’ accounts and maps” (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe.

Book Three
Part III - The Scholarly Disciplines
Introduction
9. Technology and the Natural Sciences
1. Technology and Engineering
2. Mathematics and Astronomy
3. Nautics and Navigation
4. Alchemy and Chemistry
5. Botany
10. Cartography and Geography
1. The Eclipse of Ptolemy
2. The New Cartography
3. Atlases, Patronage, and Geographical Learning
11. Language and Linguistics
1. Sources
2. Renaissance Linguistic Ideas
3. Classification and Comparison
4. Harmony and Universality
5. Rebabelization
Appendix: Words of Asiatic Origin Introduced into the European Vocabulary
7. Epilogue

Volume II, Book 3, Paperback, 440 pages, illustrated with 104 halftones, maps and line drawings, notes, extensive general and chapter bibliographies, index, publisher's list price Cn$70.95

Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II, Book 3

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