num_pages: 512
description: Comprehensive historical account of the production and use of iron and steel in China in their political and economic context. An initial chapter on the traditional Chinese iron industry introduces the important technical concepts and the ways in which technology, geography, and economics influence political phenomena. Further chapters cover developments from the Han to the Tang, the technical evolution and economic revolution of the Song period, and economic expansion under the Ming. A final chapter investigates the debt of the modern steel industry to Chinese developments.
language: English
title: Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 11: Ferrous Metallurgy
titlecomplete: Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 11: Ferrous Metallurgy
genres: History, China
ratings_count: 2
series: Science and Civilisation in China
publisher: Cambridge University Press