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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812127003321

Autore

McDermott Joseph Peter

Titolo

A social history of the Chinese book : books and literati culture in late imperial China / / Joseph P. McDermott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2006

ISBN

9789882206657

988-220-655-7

9786612750199

1-282-75019-4

988-220-367-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Understanding China

Disciplina

306.4880951

Soggetti

Printing - China - History

Publishers and publishing - China - History

Books and reading - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - The Making of an Imprint in China, 1000-1800; 2 - The Ascendance of the Imprint in China; 3 - Distribution of Books and Literati Culture; 4 - The Problem of Access in the World of Chinese Learning; 5 - Ameliorations and a Community of Learning; 6 - Literati Writings and the Case of Qian Jinren; Notes; Bibliographical Notes on Studies Useful for the Writing of This Book; Glossary-Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.