| Science and Civilisation in China, Part 12, Ceramic Technology Contributor(s): Kerr, Rose (Author), Wood, Nigel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521838339 ISBN-13: 9780521838337 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $430.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2004 Annotation: How were Chinese pots made, glazed and fired? Why did China discover porcelain more than 1,000 years before the West? What are the effects of China's influence on world ceramics? These questions (and many more) are answered in this history of Chinese ceramic technology, from the late Stone Age to the twenty-first century AD. The non-specialist reader will appreciate its unique coverage of research materials originally published in several languages. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | History - Science | History - History | Asia - China |
| Dewey: 509.51 |
| Series: Science and Civilisation in China |
| Physical Information: 2.42" H x 8.06" W x 9.98" (6.24 lbs) 968 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kerr, Rose: - Chief Curator, Far Eastern Section, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.Wood, Nigel: - Professor of Ceramics, Department of Ceramics, University of Westminster, Harrow. |