A Social History of the Chinese Book : Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China
McDermott, Joe P.
ISBN 10: 9622097820 ISBN 13: 9789622097827
Published by Hong Kong University Press, 2006
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This book deals with a wide range of issues on the history of the book in late imperial China (1000 to 1800), mainly concerned with literati publications and readers in the lower Yangzi delta.
About the Author: Joseph McDermott is presently Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Chinese at Cambridge University. He has published widely on Chinese social and economic history, most recently on the economy of the Song dynasty for the Cambridge History of China. He has edited State and Court Ritual in China and Art and Power in East Asia.
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Title: A Social History of the Chinese Book : Books...
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date: 2006
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