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Chinese Books: History and development

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Chinese Engraved Block Printing technique

Wooden movable-type printing of China

The Printed Image of China: Lecture

Articles/Book Chapters

Ai, L. (2014). China’s Bibliographic Tradition and the History of the Book. Book History, 17(1), 1–50. Retrieved from:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/book_history/v017/17.dai.html

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Allen, S.M., Zuzao, L., Xiaolan, C. & Bos, J. eds., (2010). The history and cultural heritage of Chinese calligraphy, printing and library work. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

 

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Brokaw, C. (2007). Book History in Premodern China: The State of the Discipline I. Book History, 10, 253-290. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/30227406

 

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Brokaw, C. (2015). Empire of Texts: Book Production, Book Distribution, and Book Culture in Late Imperial China. In McDermott J. & Burke P. (Eds.), The Book Worlds of East Asia and Europe, 1450–1850: Connections and Comparisons (pp. 181-236). Hong Kong University Press. Retrieved April 8, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16vj2b6.11

 

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Dai, L. (2014). China's Bibliographic Tradition and the History of the Book. Book History, 17, 1-50. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/43956349

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Edgren, S. (1984). Chinese rare books in American collections. New York City: China House Gallery, China Institute in America.

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​Meyer-Fong, T. (2007). The Printed World: Books, Publishing Culture, and Society in Late Imperial China. The Journal of Asian Studies, 66(3), 787-817. Retrieved April 8, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/20203205

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Rawski, E. (2005). Qing Publishing in Non-Han Languages. In Brokaw C. & Chow K. (Eds.), Printing and Book Culture in Late Imperial China (pp. 304-331). University of California Press. Retrieved April 8, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppz91.13

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