Printing and book culture in late Imperial China
By: edited by Cynthia J. Brokaw and Kai-wing Chow.
Contributors: Brokaw, Cynthia Joanne.; Chow, Kai-wing, 1951-
Series: Studies on China -- 27
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 539
Subjects: Publishers and publishing -- China -- History; Books -- China -- History; China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644; China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Description: "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 in late imperial China."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-512) and index.