Knowledge and Text Production in an Age of Print: China, 900-1400

Bys: Hilde De Weerdt and Lucille Chia

The essays in this volume seek to flesh out the diversity of Chinese textual production during the period spanning the tenth and fourteenth centuries when printing became a widely used technology. By exploring the social and political relations that shaped the production and reproduction of printed texts, the impact of intellectual and religious formations on book production, the interaction between print and other media, readership, and the growth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900419228X
• ISBN13: 9789004192287
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"