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 venues.

• | By (Author): Eugenia Lean
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 17, 2020
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 416 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0231193483
• | ISBN-13: 9780231193481