Printing for Profit : The Commercial Publishers of Jianyang, Fujian (11th-17th Centuries) / Lucille Chia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chia, Lucille, author.

Series:

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 56.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN ; 9789004407077.

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 56

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing industry--China--Jianyang Xian (Fujian Sheng)--History.

Printing industry.

Book industries and trade--China--Jianyang Xian (Fujian Sheng)--History.

Book industries and trade.

History.

China--Jianyang Xian (Fujian Sheng).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

The Commercial Publishers of Jianyang, Fujian (11th-17th Centuries)

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2003.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 < "

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Printing for Profit : The Commercial Publishers of Jianyang, Fujian (11th-17th Centuries),

ISBN:

9781684170395

9780674009554

OCLC:

956711817

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684170395 DOI

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