Modes of Power: Time, Temporality, and Calendar Reform by Jesuit Missionaries in Late Imperial China

This work explores the relationship between time, temporality, and power by utilizing interactions between Jesuit missionaries and the Ming and Qing governments of late imperial China as a case study. It outlines the complex relationship between knowledge of celestial mechanics, methods of measuring...

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Main Author: Blasingame, Ryan S
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_theses/68
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069&context=history_theses