MDDM 64 Captain Zhang 2

[Dave Monroe]

Reminds me, see ...

Stokes, Gale.  "Why the West? The Unsettled
   Question of Euorpe's Ascendancy," Lingua Franca,
   Vol. 11, No. 8 (November 2001): 30-38.

http://web.archive.org/web/20011122122053/www.linguafranca.com/print/0111/cover.html

Pomeranz, Kenneth.  The Great Divergence:
   China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern
   World Economy.  Princeton, NJ: PUP, 2000.

http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/6823.html

Wong, R. Bin.  China Transformed: Historical
   Change and the Limits of European Experience.
   Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 2000.

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornellpress/cup3_catalog.taf?_function=detail&Title_ID=3041&_UserReference=F82AD655515A0D40C0E2A0C3

Here's to hoping the venerable Lingua Franca resumes
publication, and soon ... 

http://linguafranca.com/

'Cos all I got left is Harper's, Scientific American,
and, er, Entertainment Weekly ...

--- Samuel Moyer <smoyer at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 624-34 Hsi now producing a gigantic sky-blue kite of
> some strong yet light silk Stuff, strengthened with
> curious Bamboo Ribwork, furnish'd with apparatus for
> steering. 
> 
> The embryonic forms of modern aircraft-the kite,
> rocket, Kongming lamp, and bamboo dragonfly-were
> invented and created in ancient China and played an
> important role in the generation and development of
> aviation. http://www.flight100.org/history/chi.html

And, as always, thanks again, Sam ...

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