Commerce in Culture The Sibao Book Trade in the Qing and Republican Periods |
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| Author:
| Brokaw, Cynthia J. |
| Series title: | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-02449-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2007 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $44.95 |
Book Description:
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Sibao today is a cluster of impoverished villages in western Fujian. But from the late 17th-early 20th centuries, it was home to a flourishing publishing industry supplying south China through itinerant booksellers. Brokaw describes this rural, low-level operation, tracing how Sibao's socio-geographical character shaped its progress.
Sibao today is a cluster of impoverished villages in western Fujian. But from the late 17th-early 20th centuries, it was home to a flourishing publishing industry supplying south China through itinerant booksellers. Brokaw describes this rural, low-level operation, tracing how Sibao's socio-geographical character shaped its progress.