Hu Yang, Yang Xiao

Chinese Publishing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. As the birthplace of moveable-type printing, China has some claim to being the homeland of publishing. 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.

Produktdetails

• Introductions to Chinese Culture .
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9780521186759
• ISBN-10: 0521186757
• Artikelnr.: 34540103

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.