The People's Peking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth-Century China - Tapa dura

The People's Peking Man (Hardcover)

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. In the 1920s an international team of scientists and miners unearthed the richest evidence of human evolution the world had ever seen: Peking Man. After the communist revolution of 1949, Peking Man became a prominent figure in the movement to bring science to the people. In a new state with twin goals of crushing superstition and establishing a socialist society, the story of human evolution was the first lesson in Marxist philosophy offered to the masses. At the same time, even Maos populist commitment to mass participation in science failed to account for the power of popular culturerepresented most strikingly in legends about the Bigfoot-like Wild Manto reshape ideas about human nature.The Peoples Peking Man is a skilled social history of twentieth-century Chinese paleoanthropology and a compelling culturaland at times comparativehistory of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. By focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, The Peoples Peking Man offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science. Offers a social history of Chinese paleoanthropology and a cultural - and at times comparative - history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. Focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, this book offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780226738598

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