Biology and Revolution in Twentieth-Century China

By Laurence Schneider

Book Overview

Using the field of genetics as a case study, this book follows the troubled development of modern natural science in China from the 1920s, through Mao's China, to the present post-socialist era. Through detailed portraits of key scientists and institutions, basic dilemmas are explored: how to control nature with science, how to gain independence from foreign-controlled science, how to get scientists out from under control of ideology and the state. Using the field of genetics as a case study, this book follows the troubled development of modern natural science in China from the 1920s, through Mao's China, to the present post-socialist era. Through detailed portraits of key scientists and institutions, basic dilemmas are explored: how to control nature with science, how to gain independence from foreign-controlled science, how to get scientists out from under control of ideology and the state.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074255306X
• ISBN13: 9780742553064
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"