Printing for profit
Subtitle: the commercial publishers of Jianyang, Fujian (11th-17th centuries)
By: Lucille Chia
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series -- 56
Publisher: Published by Harvard University Asia Center for Harvard-Yenching Institute; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Printing industry -- China -- Jianyang Xian (Fujian Sheng) -- History; Book industries and trade -- China -- Jianyang Xian (Fujian Sheng) -- History; China -- History -- 960-1644
Description: "The study of Chinese books and book culture has long been considered a fascinating but difficult topic to research. This study demonstrates how such work can be done: counting and examining the imprints themselves, sifting through other sources such as local histories, genealogies of the printer families, and literary and anecdotal collections, which together allow a reconstruction of the social and intellectual milieu in which these publishers worked."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-417) and index