TRANS PACIFIC ECHOES & RESONANCE ...
(2009 Reprint)| By: | The East Asian History Of Sci; Needham Joseph; Lu Gwei-djen |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing |
| Print ISBN: | 9789971950866 |
| eText ISBN: | 9789814271851 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This monograph is a review of the present state of knowledge of the relationships and consequences of over 25 centuries of interactions between the Amerindian and Asean Circum-Pacific regions. A fascinating, special case of previous work by two Asianists on similar themes of the Euro-Asian Continental land mass, providing the theoretical framework within which the complexities of cultural cross-pattern are studied.The subjects dicussed individually begin with the elements of recording and writing, continuing through the arts, religion, folklore and an eventual examination of the natural sciences and technology. There is also a discussion in this context of evidence from and the relevance of ethno-botany, ethno-zoology and ethno-helminthology.The underlying thesis of this volume is the relative independence and powerfully original development and evolution of Amerindian cultures and societies in Central and South America.