Science and Civilisation in China Volume 6: Biology and Biological Technology, Part 3, Agro-Industries and Forestry

Contains two separate works. The first, by Christian Daniels, is a comprehensive history of Chinese sugar cane technology from ancient times to the early twentieth century. Dr Daniels includes an account of the contribution of Chinese techniques and machinery to the development of world sugar technology in the pre-modern period, devoting special attention to the transfer of this technology to the countries of South-East and East Asia in the period after the sixteenth century. The second, by Nicholas K. Menzies, is a history of forestry in China. A final section compares China's history of deforestation with the cases of Europe and Japan.Christian Daniels is the author of 'Science and Civilisation in China Volume 6: Biology and Biological Technology, Part 3, Agro-Industries and Forestry', published 1996 under ISBN 9780521419994 and ISBN 0521419999.