Yubin Shen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3768968 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Yubin Shen |
| NOMBRES | Yubin |
| APELLIDO | Shen |
| FIRMA | SHEN Y |
| AFILIACIONES | Max Planck Institute for the History of Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4677-7419 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Ducks Arresting Locusts
Using a rare agricultural treatise published in 1776, Zhihuang chuanxilu (Record of the transmission of locust control), this article traces the origin and development of mobilizing ducks to control locusts in China, from the late sixteenth to the twentieth century. By focusing on movements, mutual generation and mutual overcoming, transformations, and cycles, as well as circulations of humans, locusts, sweet potatoes, ducks, and materials in the…
The Trio of Time
Cultivating China’s Cinchona
This article reconstructs the history of China's first successful cinchona cultivation programme in Hekou, Yunnan province from the 1930s to 1940s during the Nationalist era (1928-49). I argue that the Hekou programme was initiated by the Yunnan 'local developmental state' to control endemic malaria and achieve quinine self-sufficiency. It was expanded during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) as part of the national defence project in order to deve…
Too young to date! The origins of zaolian (early love) as a social problem in 20th-century China
Zaolian (literally means "early love," "zao" for "early", "lian" for "love") refers to courtship or dating among young people in elementary and secondary school systems. In today's China, it is regarded as a serious social problem related to minors/adolescents. To safeguard their moral, hygiene and promising future, it is believed that zaolian should be prevented and controlled by school regulations, family pressures, and even state laws. This pa…
Too young to date! The origins of zaolian (early love) as a social problem in 20th-century China
Zaolian (literally means "early love," "zao" for "early", "lian" for "love") refers to courtship or dating among young people in elementary and secondary school systems. In today's China, it is regarded as a serious social problem related to minors/adolescents. To safeguard their moral, hygiene and promising future, it is believed that zaolian should be prevented and controlled by school regulations, family pressures, and even state laws. This pa…
The Trio of Time
Cultivating China’s Cinchona
This article reconstructs the history of China's first successful cinchona cultivation programme in Hekou, Yunnan province from the 1930s to 1940s during the Nationalist era (1928-49). I argue that the Hekou programme was initiated by the Yunnan 'local developmental state' to control endemic malaria and achieve quinine self-sufficiency. It was expanded during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) as part of the national defence project in order to deve…
Too young to date! The origins of zaolian (early love) as a social problem in 20th-century China
Zaolian (literally means "early love," "zao" for "early", "lian" for "love") refers to courtship or dating among young people in elementary and secondary school systems. In today's China, it is regarded as a serious social problem related to minors/adolescents. To safeguard their moral, hygiene and promising future, it is believed that zaolian should be prevented and controlled by school regulations, family pressures, and even state laws. This pa…
Cultivating China’s Cinchona
This article reconstructs the history of China's first successful cinchona cultivation programme in Hekou, Yunnan province from the 1930s to 1940s during the Nationalist era (1928-49). I argue that the Hekou programme was initiated by the Yunnan 'local developmental state' to control endemic malaria and achieve quinine self-sufficiency. It was expanded during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) as part of the national defence project in order to deve…
The Trio of Time
Ducks Arresting Locusts
Using a rare agricultural treatise published in 1776, Zhihuang chuanxilu (Record of the transmission of locust control), this article traces the origin and development of mobilizing ducks to control locusts in China, from the late sixteenth to the twentieth century. By focusing on movements, mutual generation and mutual overcoming, transformations, and cycles, as well as circulations of humans, locusts, sweet potatoes, ducks, and materials in the…
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