Chinese Publishing

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext An illustrated introduction to the origins and development of printing and publication in China from ancient to modern times. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Yang Xiao, Hu Yang, Hu Xiao Yang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521186759
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18675-9
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Introductions to Chinese Culture; Introductions to Chinese Cultu; Introductions to Chinese Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication