Joseph McDermott - A Social History of the Chinese Book. Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China [2006][A]

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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.


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"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.

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