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 litt

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 re

A critical new interpretation of the early history of Chinese civilization based on the most recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries.

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