The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700-1949: A Microhistory of the Caterpillar Fungus

Autore
Non disponibile
Editore
Palgrave MacMillan
Pubblicazione
20230613
ISBN
9783031247224
Area di registrazione ISBN
Area germanofona (ISBN 978-3)

Descrizione

Tracing the transmission of the caterpillar fungus from China to France, Britain, Russia and Japan, the book investigates the tensions that existed between prevailing Chinese knowledge and new European ideas about the caterpillar fungus.