Despite the importance of books and the written word in Chinese society, the history of the book in China is a topic that has been little explored. This pioneer

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest m

In this learned, yet readable, book, Joseph McDermott introduces the history of the book in China in the late imperial period from 1000 to 1800. He assumes litt

How news circulated from the Qing dynasty court In the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China experienced far greater access to political information than suggested

This path-breaking book argues that printing—both with woodblocks and with movable type—exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the sixteenth and