Title: Printing for Profit
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.
Subjects: Book industries and trade, History, Printing industry, Book industries and trade, history, China, history, 960-1644
Places: China, Jianyang Xian (Fujian Sheng)
Time periods: 960-1644