Guide to East, Southeast, and Central Asian library collections
in Scandinavia
Compiled by a group of students at the East Asian Institute, University
of Copenhagen. Ed. by Nina Ellinger and DBW. Publ. by the Scandinavian
Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, January 1976. 75 pp.
Survey of PRC literature on science and technology.
Compiled by Erik Baark, Roar Jonsen, and DBW. Publ. by Research Policy
Program, University of Lund, and Scandinavian Institute of Asian
Studies, Copenhagen, 1977. 46 pp. (Catalogue of a specialised library
collection.)
Union catalogue of East Asian materials in Scandinavian
libraries: Preliminary Chinese and Japanese title catalogues.
Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Company, 1981. 98 microfiches. Publisher's
blurb.
Dabieshan: Traditional Chinese iron-production techniques
practised in southern Henan in the twentieth century.
(Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies monograph series, no. 52).
London & Malmö: Curzon Press, 1985. 113 pp. Publisher's blurb.Reviews:
J.-P. Voiret in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 15
Nov. 1986, p. 39;
R. E. Clough in Journal of the Historical Metallurgy Society,
1987, 21.1: 49-50;
B. Bronson in Archeomaterials,1987, 2.1:
95-99;
J. Reardon-Anderson in The China quarterly, 1987, no.
110, pp. 320-321;
C. A. Ronan in Centaurus,1988, 31: 179-180;
Torben Kjer in Acta Orientalia (Copenhagen), 1990, 51:
335-336;
Zenshiro Hara in Kinzoku (Metals), 1991, 61.7:
61-69.
Pattern and loom: A practical study of the development of
weaving techniques in China, Western Asia, and Europe.
By John Becker, with the collaboration of Donald B. Wagner. Copenhagen:
Rhodos, 1987. 2 vols., 316+80 pp. 2nd edition, 2009 - free download. Reviews:
J. P. Wild in Antiquity,1988, 62:
816-818;
Verity Wilson in Oriental art,1989, N.S. 35.2:
110.
E. J. W. Barber in Archeomaterials, 1990, 4.2:
210-212.
Toward the reconstruction of ancient Chinese techniques for the
production of malleable cast iron
(East Asian Institute occasional papers, 4). Copenhagen: East Asian
Institute, University of Copenhagen, 1989. 72 pp. Web copy Review:
R. B. Gordon in Archeomaterials,1990, 4.2:
216.
Oslo University Library: Catalogue of older Chinese books
(UBO Skrifter, 22). Oslo: University Library, 1992. 78 pp. Web version.
Iron and steel in ancient China
(Handbuch der Orientalistik, IV:9). Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993. 589 pp. Publisher's blurb. Reviews:
Harald Bøckman in Copenhagen Papers in East
and Southeast Asian Studies, 1993, 8: 120-122.
Lothar von Falkenhausen in Chinese science, 1993/4, 11:
103-107;
Gina L. Barnes in EAANouncements, Summer 1994, pp.
38-39;
Robert P. Multhauf in Technology and culture, 1994, 35.3:
605-606;
Jens Østergård Petersen in Acta Orientalia
(Copenhagen), 1994, 55: 306-313;
P. T. Craddock in Antiquity, 1994, 68.261:
886-890;
Alain Thote in Revue bibliographique de sinologie, 1993/94,
11/12: 184-185;
C. Cullen in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African
Studies, 1995, 58.2: 411-413;
David L. Hall in Philosophy East and West, 1995, 45.1:
136-137;
E. Bruce Brooks in Isis, 1996, 87.1: 149-150.
Mary E. Tiles in China review international, 1995, 2.1:
267-268;
Magdalene von Dewall in Technikgeschichte, 1996, 63.2:
155-156;
Peter Golas in Bulletin de l’École Française
d’Extrême-Orient, 1995, 82: 426-428;
Vincent C. Pigott in Asian perspectives, 1996, 35.1:
89-97.
Robin D. S. Yates in Journal of Asian studies, 1997, 56.1:
191-193.
Hans Ulrich Vogel in Centaurus, 1997, 39: 273-284
Radomír Pleiner in Archives internationales d'histoire
des sciences, 1996, 46: 440-444.
The traditional Chinese iron industry and its modern fate.
With a preface by Peter Nolan. Copenhagen & London: Nordic
Institute of Asian Studies & Curzon Press, 1997. 128 pp. Publisher's blurb. || Web version.Reviews:
Robert B. Gordon in Copenhagen journal of Asian
studies, 1997, 12: 149-151.
J. A. Catterall in Asia-Pacific business review, 1998, 4.4:
95.
Michel Cartier in Revue bibliographique de sinologie,
1998, 16: 518.
Masud Hossain in Scandinavian economic history review,
1999, 47.2: 97-98.
Eric Harwit in China review international, 1999, 6.2:
540-541.
Nora Wang in Revue historique,1999, 301.2:
411.
Roland Spickermann in Technology and culture, 2000, 41.3:
583-584.
Francesca Bray in Centaurus, 2000, 42.3: 240-241.
Peter J. Golas in East Asian science, technology, and medicine,
2000, 17: 134-136.
A Classical Chinese reader: The Han shu biography of Huo Guang,
with notes and glosses for students.
Richmond, Sussex: Curzon Press, 1998. 208 pp. Web sampler.Reviews:
Rune Svarverud in Acta Orientalia,1998, 59:
319-323.
Naomi Standen in Copenhagen journal of Asian studies,
1998, 13: 86-88.
The state and the iron industry in Han China.
Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2001. 160 pp. Publisher's
blurb. Reviews:
David Crossley in Journal of the Historical
Metallurgy Society, 2001, 35.2: 106.
Michael Loewe in East Asian science, technology, and medicine,
2002
(publ.
2003), 19: 125-128.
J. A. G. Roberts in The historian, 2004, 66.1:
175-176.
A Mencius reader: For beginning and advanced students of
Classical Chinese.
Copenhagen: NIAS Press (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies), 2004. 160
pp. E-book
version.
Science and civilisation in China. Vol. 5: Chemistry and
chemical technology. Part 11: Ferrous metallurgy.
Cambridge University Press, 2008. 512 pp. Table of contents and introductory matter Reviews:
John Keay in The Times literary supplement, 3
October 2008.
Thilo Rehren in Journal of archaeological science, 2009, 36:
565-566.
Merton Flemings in JOM [Journal of metals], 2009, 61.2.
David Crossley in Journal of the
Historical Metallurgy Society, 2009, 43.1: 66-68.
Den traditionelle jernindustri i Kina og dens moderne
skæbne.
Odense: Erhvervsskolernes Forlag, 2008. 40 s. Forlagets
reklame || Supplerende
materiale Anmeldelser:
Peder Wiben i Noter / Historielærerforeningen
for Gymnasiet og HF, 2008, nr. 179, s. 9-10.
Helle Askgaard i Gymnasieskolen, 19. februar 2009.
Carl Steen Pedersen i Gymnasieskolen, 16. marts 2009.
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"Liu Hui and Tsu Keng-chih on the volume of a sphere",
Chinese science, 1978, 3: 59-79. Web version.
"An ancient Chinese derivation of the volume of a pyramid: Liu Hui,
third century A.D.", Historia mathematica, 1979, 6:
164-188. Web version
"Gongyuan san shiji Liu Hui guanyu zhuiti tiji de tuidao", tr. by
Guo Shuchun and Mei Rongzhao, Kexueshi yicong (Beijing),
1980.2: 1-15.
Translation of preceding.
"Selected lumber from The forest of laughter", Orientaliska
studier, Feb. 1979, 33/34: 29-35.
Hsia Nai, "Bibliography of recent archaeological discoveries
bearing on the history of science and technology", tr. by DBW, Chinese
science, Sept. 1980, 4: 19-52.
"Archaeological sources for the history of science, technology,
and medicine: Some supplementary references", ibid., pp.
53-60.
"Silk weaving techniques of Han China: The monochrome patterned
weaves", by John Becker and DBW. Bulletin de liaison du Centre
Internationale d'Étude des Textiles Anciens, 1981, 53:
21-43.
Errata,
54: 11-14.
Contributions to Geometry and algebra in ancient
civilisations, by B.L. van der Waerden, Berin etc.:
Springer-Verlag, 1983. Ca. 15 pp.
"Some traditional Chinese iron-production techniques practiced in
the 20th century", Journal of the Historical Metallurgy Society,
Sept. 1984, 18.2: 95-104.
"A proof of the Pythagorean theorem by Liu Hui (third century
A.D.)", Historia mathematica, 1985, 12: 71-73. Web version.
Abbreviated translations of 10 articles in Chinese archaeological
journals, Chinese archaeological abstracts,vol. 2-4, ed.
by Albert E. Dien, Jeffrey K. Riegel, and Nancy T. Price, Los Angeles:
Project for the Study of Chinese Archaeological Material, 1986. 94 pp. Review:
Lothar von Falkenhausen in The review of archaeology,
1990, 11.1: 10-16 (note p. 11).
"Swords and ploughshares, ironmasters and officials: Iron in China
in the third century B.C.", pp. 174-192 in Analecta Hafniensia:
25 years of East Asian studies in Copenhagen, ed. by Leif
Littrup, London: Curzon Press, 1988.
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Françoise Aubin in Études chinoises,1989,
8.2: 121-126 (note pp. 121-122).
"The dating of the Chu graves of Changsha: The earliest iron
artifacts in China?", Acta Orientalia, 1987, 48:
111-156. Web version.
"Ancient Chinese copper smelting, sixth century B.C.: Recent
excavations and simuation experiments", Journal of the Historical
Metallurgy Society, 1986, 20.1: 1-16. Extensive errata list, 1987, 21.1:
51.
"The transmission of the blast furnace from China to Europe: Some
notes to complement Prof. Tylecote's paper", pp. 50-60 in
Medieval iron in society II: Papers and discussions at the symposium in
Norberg, May 6-10, 1985. Stockholm: Jernkontoret &
Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1986.
"Støbejerns metallurgi og lidt om kinesisk
støbejern", 53 pp. in Jern: Fremstilling, nedbrydning og
bevaring. Fortryk af forelæsninger til Nordisk Videreuddannelse
af Konservatorer, København, 17-28 august 1987.
København: Nationalmuseet, Bevaringssektionen, 1987. ("The
metallurgy of cast iron, with some notes on Chinese cast iron", two
lectures for museum conservators). Webversionen.
"Ancient carburization of iron to steel: A comment", Archeomaterials,
1990, 4.1: 111-117; erratum, 4.2: 118. Web version.
"The language of the ancient Chinese state of Wu", East
Asian Institute occasional papers (University of Copenhagen),
1990, 6: 161-176. Web copy (pdf, 150 dpi, 3 Mbytes).
"Jern og stål i oldtidens Kina", Polhem: Tidskrift
för teknikhistoria, 1990, 8.1: 2-37. ("Iron and
steel in ancient China"). Webversionen.
"The cast iron lion of Ts'ang-chou", Needham Research
Institute newsletter, no. 10, June 1991, pp. 2-3. Web version.
"China: Iron: Early", article in The dictionary of art,
London: Macmillan, 1996. 1500 words. Publisher's blurb.
"Monumentaler Eisenguss in China", pp. 123-130 in China,
eine Wiege der Weltkultur: 5000 Jahre Erfindungen und Entdeckungen,
hrsg. v. Arne Eggebrecht, Mainz am Rhein: von Zabern, 1994. (Exhibition
catalogue.) Translation of "Chinese monumental iron castings", below. Klappentext.
"The traditional Chinese iron industry and its modern fate", Chinese
science,1995, 12: 138-161. Web version).
"Copperworks no. 2 in Kaifeng, China", Journal of the
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[Published 1997]. Web version.
"The earliest use of iron in China", pp. 1-9 in Metals in
antiquity,ed. by Suzanne M. M. Young, A. Mark Pollard, Paul
Budd, and Robert A. Ixer (BAR International series,792),
Oxford: Archaeopress, 1999. Web version.
"Chinese monumental iron castings", Journal of East Asian
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vol. II: Cina, India, Americhe,
ed. by Karine Chemla, in cooperation with Francesca Bray, Fu Daiwie,
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"Blast furnaces in Song-Yuan China", East Asian science,
technology, and medicine, 2001, 18: 41-74. Web version.
"The administration of the iron industry in eleventh-century
China", Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient,
2001, 44.2: 175-197. Web version.
"The earliest use of iron in China", Bulletin of the Museum
of Far Eastern Antiquities (Stockholm), 75: 127-169. Revision of 1999
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Abridged version of "Blast furnaces in Song-Yuan China", above.
"Iron cannons of China", Indian journal of history of science,
2005,
40.4: 437-449. Abridgement of "Chinese monumental iron
castings", above.
"The state ironworks in Zunhua, Hebei, 1403-1581", Late
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"Iron production in three Ming texts: Tie ye zhi, Guangdong
xinyu, and Tian gong kai wu", pp. 172-188 in Studies
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"Chinese steel making techniques, with a note on Indian wootz steel
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short notices
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1976, The China quarterly,June 1978, 74: 430-431.
"The stone drums of Qin" (essay review of G. L. Mattos: The
stone drums of Ch'in,Nettetal 1988), Acta Orientalia,1990,
51: 241-256. Web version.
Review of William Rostoker and Bennet Bronson: Pre-industrial
iron:
Its
technology and ethnology,Philadelphia 1990,
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
(Leiden), 1993, 36: 304-308. Web version.
"The beginning of iron in China", EAANnouncements
(East Asian Archaeology Network), Autumn 1995, no. 17, p. 6. Web version.
"The 7th International Conference on the the History of Science in
China, Shenzhen, 16-20 January 1996", Bulletin of the
International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology
and Medicine,1.2: 11-12. Web version.
"Thirteenth-century Chinese pelletising kilns? Ha Law Wan, Hong
Kong", HMS news (Historical Metallurgy Society), Spring
1996, no. 36, pp. 6-8. Abridged version in EAANnouncements
(East Asian Archaeology Network), 1996, no. 19, p. 17. Web version.
Review of Peter Golas: Science and civilisation in China,
vol. 5, part 13: Mining, Cambridge University Press 1999,
East Asian science, technology, and medicine
(Tübingen), 2002 (publ. 2003), 19: 116-119. Web version
Review of Martha Lamberg-Karlovsky (ed.): The breakout: The
origins of civilization, Cambridge, Mass.: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 2000, Journal of
World History, 2003, 14.4: 551-553. Web version
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vol. 6, part 5: Fermentations and food science, Cambridge
University Press 2000, British Journal for the History of Science,
2005,
38.1: 103–4. Web version
Review of Karine Chemla and Guo Shuchun: Les neuf
chapitres: Le classique mathématique de la Chine ancienne et ses
commentaires, Centaurus, 2006, 48.4:
319-322. Web copy
Review of Michael Loewe: The Government of the Qin and Han
Empires: 221 BCE - 220 CE, Journal of the Royal Asiatic
Society, Series 3, 2007, 17.4: 389-406. Web preprint
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"Early iron in China, Korea, and Japan". Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Los Angeles, 25-28
March 1993. 14 pp. typescript, unpublished. Web version.
"The casting of iron woks in Guangdong, China, in 1840". Poster
presentation, Founders, smiths and platers: International
Conference on metal
forming and finishing from the earliest times, Oxford, 20-24
September, 1999. Web version
Klassisk kinesisk læsebog: Li Guangs biografi i Shi ji,
med noter og gloser for studerende. 92 s. Gratis download
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touchstone for cross-cultural interaction,
British Museum, London, 28-30 April 2005. Screen copy (570 Kbytes) || Printing copy (3.2 Mbytes)
A Classical Chinese Reader: The 'Memoir on the Eastern
Barbarians' in
Hou Han shu, with notes and glosses for
students of Chinese and Korean.
Draft, 14 March 2007. Free download (7.3 Mbytes)
Annotated bibliography on the Great Wall of China.
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Cast iron in China and Europe.
Revised web version of a talk at the one-day Symposium on Cast Iron in
Ancient China, in Beijing, 20 July 2009. Web
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