Joseph R. Dennis is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
This book is the definitive study of imperial Chinese local gazetteers, one of the most important sources for premodern Chinese studies. Methodologically innovative, it represents a major contribution to the history of books, publishing, reading, and society.
By examining how gazetteers were read, Joseph R. Dennis illustrates their significance in local societies and national discourses. His analysis of how gazetteers were initiated and produced reconceptualizes the geography of imperial Chinese publishing. Whereas previous studies argued that publishing, and thus cultural and intellectual power, were concentrated in the southeast, Dennis shows that publishing and book ownership were widely dispersed throughout China and books were found even in isolated locales. Adding a dynamic element to our earlier understanding of the publishing industry, Dennis tracks the movements of manuscripts to printers and print labor to production sites. By reconstructing printer business zones, he demonstrates that publishers operated across long distances in trans-regional markets. He also creates the first substantial data set on publishing costs in early modern China—a foundational breakthrough in understanding the world of Chinese books. Dennis’s work reveals areas for future research on newly-identified regional publishing centers and the economics of book production.
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入門敘述,其中關於地方誌的政治意義、經濟流通這些點都是值得深挖的
评分如果沒有接觸過地方誌材料,這是一本很好的入門書。而對於常使用地方誌的學者來說,這本書則沒有太深入的觀點。翻翻裡麵的小個案是瞞有意思的。
评分中國地方誌的書寫、齣版和閱讀(1100—1700年)
评分雖略顯無趣,但包羅萬象,是一本非常紮實的作品。
评分一本很有趣的有關方誌運用的圖書。雖然對於治宋史的我們而言,參考的意義畢竟不算太大(宋代方誌集中且少得可憐),然其方法和舉例的小故事都很有趣(第七章裡打官司的那兩個例子很棒)。整體書籍的質量前半部分高於後半部分,尤其前麵提到的family-state的概念非常值得深入探討(但作者提到的其實不多)。
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