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The History of the Book in East Asia
Cynthia Brokaw
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Description for The History of the Book in East Asia
Hardback. The history of the book in East Asia is closely linked to problems of language and script, problems which have also had a profound impact on the technology of printing and on the social and intellectual impact of print in this area. This volume contains key readings on the history of printed books and manuscripts in China. Editor(s): Kornicki, Professor Peter. Series Editor(s): Kornicki, Professor Peter. Series: The History of the Book in the East. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; KNTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 1470.
The history of the book in East Asia is closely linked to problems of language and script, problems which have also had a profound impact on the technology of printing and on the social and intellectual impact of print in this area. This volume contains key readings on the history of printed books and manuscripts in China, Korea and Japan and includes an introduction which provides an overview of the history of the book in East Asia and sets the readings in their context.
The history of the book in East Asia is closely linked to problems of language and script, problems which have also had a profound impact on the technology of printing and on the social and intellectual impact of print in this area. This volume contains key readings on the history of printed books and manuscripts in China, Korea and Japan and includes an introduction which provides an overview of the history of the book in East Asia and sets the readings in their context.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Series
The History of the Book in the East
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409437819
SKU
V9781409437819
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99-1
About Cynthia Brokaw
Cynthia Brokaw is Professor of History at Brown University, USA and Peter Kornicki is Professor of Japanese Studies in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK.
Reviews for The History of the Book in East Asia
’Brokaw and Kornicki clearly present in their volume some general features of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese book cultures which, put together, roughly outline the historical landscape of the printed book in East Asia. Their book is the first step towards a transnational history of the book in East Asia...Its reprinted inclusions are worth reading for historians of the book in ... Read more