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Printing and book culture in late Imperial China /edited by Cynthia J. Brokaw and Kai-wing Chow.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 539 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520927797
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • Z462 .P756 2005
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
part 2. Commercial publishing and the expanding market for books -- part 3. Publishing for specialized audiences -- part 4. The book as a visual medium.
Summary: Informed by insights from the rich literature on the history of the Western book, these essays investigate the relationship between the manuscript and print culture; the emergence of urban and rural publishing centres; the expanding audience for books; the development of niche markets and specialized publishing of fiction, drama, non-Han texts, and genealogies; and more.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

part 1. Introduction -- part 2. Commercial publishing and the expanding market for books -- part 3. Publishing for specialized audiences -- part 4. The book as a visual medium.

Informed by insights from the rich literature on the history of the Western book, these essays investigate the relationship between the manuscript and print culture; the emergence of urban and rural publishing centres; the expanding audience for books; the development of niche markets and specialized publishing of fiction, drama, non-Han texts, and genealogies; and more.

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