Vernacular Industrialism in China Local Innovation and Translated Technologies in the Making of a Cosmetics Empire, 1900–1940
By examining the manufacturing, commercial, and cultural activities of the maverick industrialist Chen Diexian (1879–1940), Eugenia Lean illustrates how lettered men of early-twentieth-century China engaged in “vernacular industrialism,” the pursuit of industry and science outside of conventional ve...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY ; Chichester, West Sussex
Columbia University Press
2020, ©2020
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| Series: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | By examining the manufacturing, commercial, and cultural activities of the maverick industrialist Chen Diexian (1879–1940), Eugenia Lean illustrates how lettered men of early-twentieth-century China engaged in “vernacular industrialism,” the pursuit of industry and science outside of conventional venues. |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 396 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-55033-8 |