Joseph McDermott is presently Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Chinese at Cambridge University. He has published widely on Chinese social and economic history, most recently on the economy of the Song dynasty for the Cambridge History of China. He has edited State and Court Ritual in China and Art and Power in East Asia.
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 little knowledge of Chinese history or culture and compares the Chinese experience with books with that of other civilizations, particularly the European. Yet he deals with a wide range of issues in the history of the book in China and presents novel analyses of the changes in Chinese woodblock bookmaking over these centuries. He presents a new view of when the printed book replaced the manuscript and what drove that substitution. He explores the distribution and marketing structure of books, and writes fascinatingly on the history of book collecting and about access to private and government book collections. In drawing on a great deal of Chinese, Japanese, and Western research this book provides a broad account of the way Chinese books were printed, distributed, and consumed by literati and scholars, mainly in the lower Yangzi delta, the cultural center of China during these centuries. It introduces interesting personalities, ranging from wily book collectors to an indigent shoe-repairman collector. And, it discusses the obstacles to the formation of a truly national printed culture for both the well-educated and the struggling reader in recent times. This broad and comprehensive account of the development of printed Chinese culture from 1000 to 1800 is written for anyone interested in the history of the book. It also offers important new insights into book culture and its place in society for the student of Chinese history and culture. 'A brilliant piece of synthetic research as well as a delightful read, it offers a history of the Chinese book to the eighteenth century that is without equal.' - Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia 'Writers, scribes, engravers, printers, binders, publishers, distributors, dealers, literati, scholars, librarians, collectors, voracious readers — the full gamut of a vibrant book culture in China over one thousand years — are examined with eloquence and perception by Joseph McDermott in The Social History of the Book. His lively exploration will be of consuming interest to bibliophiles of every persuasion.' - Nicholas A. Basbanes, author of A Gentle Madness, Patience and Fortitude, A Splendor of Letters, and Every Book Its Reader Joseph McDermott is presently Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Chinese at Cambridge University. He has published widely on Chinese social and economic history, most recently on the economy of the Song (or, Sung) dynasty for the Cambridge History of China. He has edited State and Court Ritual in China and Art and Power in East Asia.
一本善本書的流通程度如何,即,有多少複本(抄本、印本),輾轉行銷多少地方,多少人曾閱讀、擁有過,這些人又是如何認知書中的內容及藏書、購書行為本身,乃至書籍的流通對於社會文化的影響,這是許多歷史學者所共同關注的問題,但是這一問題往往由於時間久遠累積的人為...
评分《書籍的社會史──中華帝國晚期的圖書和文人文化》简介2007-09-21 11:28A Social History of the Chinese Book: Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China. By JOSEPH P.MCDERMOTT. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. xiv, 294 pp. ?本書題為“書籍的...
评分《書籍的社會史──中華帝國晚期的圖書和文人文化》简介2007-09-21 11:28A Social History of the Chinese Book: Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China. By JOSEPH P.MCDERMOTT. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. xiv, 294 pp. ?本書題為“書籍的...
评分《書籍的社會史──中華帝國晚期的圖書和文人文化》简介2007-09-21 11:28A Social History of the Chinese Book: Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China. By JOSEPH P.MCDERMOTT. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. xiv, 294 pp. ?本書題為“書籍的...
评分周绍明《书籍的社会史》,我觉得对文献学或者书籍史感兴趣的同仁都可以读一读。他有很多非常好的分析和议论。 比如说,书中认为明清藏书家实际上是一个小圈子。书籍的确能够流通,但仅仅是在小圈子里面流通。大概讲求一种藏书实力的对等吧,或者说平等。当然...
really really good
评分the most interesting part in this book is the author's discussion on how manuscript book culture turned into printed book culture in the late Ming and Qing period.
评分翻过,最后的notes很有用
评分果然我还是对这派的研究路子着迷啊!
评分挑了和论文有关的章节翻阅了一下,史料方面做得挺好的。
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