MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01643cam a22002774a 4500
001 00012901
003 DLC
005 20050323180058.0
008 001213s2001 miua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 00012901
020 $a0472112082 (acid-free paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-cc---
050 00 $aTS545$b.P25 2001
082 00 $a681.1/13/0951$221
100 1 $aPagani, Catherine.
245 10 $aEastern magnificence & European ingenuity :$bclocks of late imperial China /$cCatherine Pagani.
246 3 $aEastern magnificence and European ingenuity
260 $aAnn Arbor :$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$cc2001.
300 $axvi, 286 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- A Clockwork Universe -- 1. "Pour la Gloire de Dieu" Clock Making and the Jesuit Mission -- 2. "Ode to a Self-Sounding Bell" The Chinese Interest in Elaborate Clockwork -- 3. "An Asiatick Temple" Western Clockwork and the China Trade -- 4. "To Rival Oriental Splendor" The Aesthetic Milieu -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- A. The Imperial Workshops -- B. European Clockmakers at the Chinese Court, 1601-1822 -- C. European Makers of Clocks and Automata -- for the Chinese Market -- Notes -- List of Transliterations -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aClocks and watches$zChina$xHistory.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/umich051/00012901.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/00012901.html