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The Emperor's New Mathematics is written by Catherine Jami and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199601402 (ISBN 10) and 9780199601400 (ISBN 13).
Jami explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in 17th-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning', and especially the mathematics, of Jesuit missionaries. This text details not only the history of mathematical ideas, but also their political and cultural impact.