Joseph McDermott - A Social History of the Chinese Book. Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China [2006][A]seeders: 16
leechers: 1
Joseph McDermott - A Social History of the Chinese Book. Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China [2006][A] (Size: 3.4 MB)
Description
Product Details
Book Title: A Social History of the Chinese Book: Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China (Understanding China: New Viewpoints on History and Culture) Book Author: Joseph McDermott (Author) Series: Understanding China: New Viewpoints on History and Culture Hardcover: 308 pages Publisher: Hong Kong University Press (May 9, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 9622097820 ISBN-13: 978-9622097827 Book Description Publication Date: May 9, 2006 | ISBN-10: 9622097820 | ISBN-13: 978-9622097827 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.  Review "A brilliant piece of synthetic research as well as a delightful read, it offers a history of the Chinese book to the eighteenth century that is without equal." Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia 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. Sharing Widget |