Printing and book culture in late Imperial China / edited by Cynthia J. Brokaw and Kai-wing Chow.
Printing and book culture in late Imperial China / edited by Cynthia J. Brokaw and Kai-wing Chow.
Printing and book culture in late Imperial China / edited by Cynthia J. Brokaw and Kai-wing Chow.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.
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N070.50951/5
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 539 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. On the history of the book in China / Cynthia J. Brokaw -- 2. The ascendance of the imprint in China / Joseph McDermott -- 3. Of Three Mountains Street : the commercial publishers of Ming Nanjing / Lucille Chia -- 4. Constructing new reading publics in late Ming China / Anne E. McLaren -- 5. Read...
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.
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California
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"Despite the importance of books and the written word in Chinese society, the history of the book in China is a topic that has been little explored. This pioneering volume of essays, written by an interdisciplinary group of historians, art historians, and literary scholars, introduces the major issues in the social and cultural history of the book...
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Printing and book culture in late Imperial China / edited by Cynthia J. Brokaw and Kai-wing Chow.
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Studies on China ; 27.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-512) and index.
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N070.50951/5
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0520231260 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520231269 (cloth : alk. paper)
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070.50951
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991020846439702626
