| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.2

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to the AHR online. About 139 words from this article are provided below; about 541 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the American Historical Association, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time. AHA members can go to the AHA individual membership section to locate their member numbers.
If you are not a member of the American Historical Association, you can:: • Join the AHA and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the American Historical Review.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the American Historical Review (104.3-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the American Historical Review.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.2 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Asia

Benjamin A. Elman. On Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550–1900. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 2005. Pp. xxxviii, 567. $55.00.

In an effort to make Benjamin A. Elman's book accessible to a broader audience, the editors at Harvard University Press chose to leave out Chinese characters. Scholars and readers fluent in Chinese will find no characters in the bibliography, notes, or index. They will not even discover a glossary. The lack of Chinese obviously compromises the utility of this book as an indispensable reference for researchers. For a book about science in China "on their own terms" that not only discusses translation issues but also has Chinese names, titles, and phrases on every page, this is an egregious omission. Elman's robust book is otherwise replete with telling facts, compelling arguments, and persuasive conclusions.

. . .

There are about 541 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.