Title: Writing, Publishing, and Reading Local Gazetteers in Imperial China, 1100-1700
Description: Introduction -- Impetus to compile. Government initiatives to compile gazetteers -- Local initiatives to compile gazetteers -- Production process. Editorial process -- Publishing gazetteers -- Financing gazetteers -- Reading and using gazetteers. Target audiences and distribution -- Reading and using gazetteers -- Epilogue.
Subjects: China, history, Gazetteers, History, Early works to 1800, Local History, Presse régionale et locale, Histoire locale, Book industries and trade, Publishers and publishing, Literacy, Historical geography, Civilization