Books and their production were a key part of the late imperial commodity economy and of
the gentry lifestyle that eventually extended into the Republican (1912-1949) era …

The case of Sibao, an important regional publishing center active from the late seventeenth
through the early twentieth century, illustrates the special nature of the expansion in …

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 …

The morning arrival of book boats was a welcome sight to Chen Zhan, a distinguished
scholar and book collector. As he notes in the comment accompanying his poem, there were …

Nanking ranks first among cities for wealth of its books, and most of these are in Three
Mountains Street, where I keep the largest bookshop. Here are the Thirteen Classics, the …

Despite the importance of books and the written word in Chinese society, the history of the
book in China is a topic that has been little explored. This pioneering volume of essays …

BOOK REVIEWS—CHINA 491 publications, books printed on poor paper with smudged
impressions, and texts that were badly edited or misprinted or forged were even known as …

In this learned, yet readable, book, Joseph McDermott introduces the history of the book in
China in the late imperial period from 1000 to 1800. He assumes little knowledge of Chinese …

The Chinese have printed their books for over eleven centuries, but little is known about the
people involved in the book trade. So far, most of what is known about Chinese books …

The unique characteristic of the late Qing Beijing antique and book market lies in the
existence of Liulichang market, a geographically and culturally integrated marketplace on a …