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.
读完中文版序言后,相当期待,实际观感则比较一般,可能是因为这两天生病,脑子不大好用,但读完实在免不了有些失望。前三章为基础性知识,理论分析不大多,由于本人完全不懂,所以不好评价,只是尽量记忆而已。后半部分的理论性强些(比如对“知识共同体”的分析),但并没有...
评分由作者关于引用书目的说明整理出的参考文献,仅包括专著,西文著作有中译本的已标注。 一、古籍善本书目记录 大陆: 《北京图书馆古籍善本目录》,北京:书目文献出版社,1989 《中国古籍善本书目》,上海:上海古籍出版社,1986—1996 翁连溪编,《中国古籍善本总目》,...
评分本書實際上是論文集,作者關注的是中國古代書籍的生產和流通。不同於對著名藏書家的研究,本書關注的是大量存在的普通士人如何獲取書,收藏書,特別是在江南地區。 前兩章主要介紹了中國古代的雕版印刷技術和生產。作者使用了傳教士米憐19世紀初所觀察和記錄的當時中國印刷業...
评分本書實際上是論文集,作者關注的是中國古代書籍的生產和流通。不同於對著名藏書家的研究,本書關注的是大量存在的普通士人如何獲取書,收藏書,特別是在江南地區。 前兩章主要介紹了中國古代的雕版印刷技術和生產。作者使用了傳教士米憐19世紀初所觀察和記錄的當時中國印刷業...
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...
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.
评分果然我还是对这派的研究路子着迷啊!
评分翻过,最后的notes很有用
评分really really good
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