Vernacular Industrialism in China: Local Innovation and Translated Technologies in the Making of a Cosmetics Empire, 1900–1940 - Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University - Eugenia Lean - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231193481 - March 17, 2020
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Vernacular Industrialism in China: Local Innovation and Translated Technologies in the Making of a Cosmetics Empire, 1900–1940 - Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

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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.


416 pages, 18 b&w

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 17, 2020
ISBN13 9780231193481
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 287 × 243 × 29 mm   ·   724 g

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