Details

Subjects:

Printing -- China -- History.
Publishers and publishing -- China -- History.
Books and reading -- China.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

This book deals with a wide range of issues on the history of the book in late imperial China (1000 to 1800), mainly concerned with literati publications and readers in the lower Yangzi delta.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - The Making of an Imprint in China, 1000-1800; 2 - The Ascendance of the Imprint in China; 3 - Distribution of Books and Literati Culture; 4 - The Problem of Access in the World of Chinese Learning; 5 - Ameliorations and a Community of Learning; 6 - Literati Writings and the Case of Qian Jinren; Notes; Bibliographical Notes on Studies Useful for the Writing of This Book; Glossary-Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789882206657
988-220-655-7
9786612750199
1-282-75019-4
988-220-367-1

OCLC:

667292729