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BL
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| Record Number
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706683
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b528872
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| Main Entry
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Pagani, Catherine.
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| Title & Author
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Eastern magnificence European ingenuity : : clocks of late imperial China /\ Catherine Pagani.
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| Publication Statement
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, c2001.
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| Page. NO
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xvi, 286 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0472112082 (acid-free paper)
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: 9780472112081 (acid-free paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.
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| Contents
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Machine 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.
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| Subject
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Clocks and watches-- China-- History.
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| LC Classification
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TS545.P25 2001
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| Parallel Title
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Eastern magnificence and European ingenuity
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