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16%OFFLucille Chia - Printing for Profit - 9780674009554 - V9780674009554
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Printing for Profit

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Description for Printing for Profit Hardcover. Based on an extensive study of Jianyang imprints, genealogies of the leading families of printers, local histories, documents and annotated catalogues and bibliographies, this is not just a history of commercial printing but also a wide-ranging study of the culture of the book in traditional China. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 78 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 792.

From the eleventh through the seventeenth centuries, the publishers of Jianyang in Fujian province played a conspicuous role in the Chinese book trade. Unlike the products of government and educational presses, their publications were destined for the retail book market. These publishers survived by responding to consumer demands for dictionaries, histories, geographies, medical texts, encyclopedias, primers, how-to books, novels, and anthologies. Their publications reflect the varied needs of the full range of readers in late imperial China and allow us to study the reading habits, tastes, and literacy of different social groups. The publishers of Jianyang were also businessmen, and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674009554
SKU
V9780674009554
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About Lucille Chia
Lucille Chia is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside.

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