Format:
1 online resource (559 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520927797
Series Statement:
Studies on China Ser v.27
Content:
Despite the importance of books and the written word in Chinese society, the history of the book in China is a topic that has been little explored. This pioneering volume of essays, written by historians, art historians, and literary scholars, introduces the major issues in the social and cultural history of the book in late imperial China. Informed by many 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 centers; the expanding audience for books; the development of niche markets and specialized publishing of fiction, drama, non-Han texts, and genealogies; and more.
Content:
COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. On the History of the Book in China -- 2. The Ascendance of the Imprint in China -- PART II: COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING AND THE EXPANDING MARKET FOR BOOKS -- 3. Of Three Mountains Street: The Commercial Publishers of Ming Nanjing -- 4. Constructing New Reading Publics in Late Ming China -- 5. Reading the Best-Sellers of the Nineteenth Century: Commercial Publishing in Sibao -- PART III: PUBLISHING FOR SPECIALIZED AUDIENCES -- 6. Niche Marketing for Late Imperial Fiction -- 7. Printing as Performance: Literati Playwright-Publishers of the Late Ming -- 8. Qing Publishing in Non-Han Languages -- 9. "Preserving the Bonds of Kin": Genealogy Masters and Genealogy Production in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Area in the Qing and Republican Periods -- PART IV: THE BOOK AS A VISUAL MEDIUM -- 10. Visual Hermeneutics and the Act of Turning the Leaf: A Genealogy of Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge -- 11. Didactic Illustrations in Printed Books -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- WORKS CITED -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520231269
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520231269
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1991742
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