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Chinese Publishing

Chinese Publishing

Chinese Publishing

3rd Edition
March 2012
Available
Paperback
9780521186759
$27.99
USD
Paperback

    As the birthplace of moveable-type printing, China has some claim to being the homeland of publishing. China's ancient civilisation has nurtured a distinctively Chinese publishing industry, and this industry has done much to spread Chinese ideas and culture around the world. Yang Hu and Xiao Yang provide a comprehensive introduction to the origins and development of printing and publication in China from ancient to modern times, complemented throughout with full colour illustrations.

    • An accessible introduction to the history of publishing in China
    • Written by a leading Chinese expert whose work is not widely available in the West
    • Full colour illustrations support the discussion throughout

    Product details

    March 2012
    Paperback
    9780521186759
    212 pages
    230 × 156 × 11 mm
    0.38kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface: three-thousand years of books in China
    • 1. A long-standing history
    • 2. Classical ancient books
    • 3. The course of inheritance
    • 4. Crystallisation of Chinese culture
    • 5. The progressive vicissitude
    • 6. Carrying forward the cause
    • 7. Road of books
    • Appendix I: a brief chronology of China's publishing
    • Appendix II: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.
      Authors
    • Hu Yang

      Yang Hu completed his PhD in the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University. His research focuses on mass culture and communication, editing and publishing, university management and the history of Peking University. A researcher for the National Key Social Science Fund in China, he has published widely on his research interests.

    • Yang Xiao

      Xiao Yang is a graduate of the Foreign Languages Institute of Peking University, editorial board member and deputy director of the news agency Xinhua Net.