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Author:

Dennis, Joseph, 1963-

Title:

Writing, publishing, and reading local gazetteers in imperial China, 1100-1700 / Joseph Dennis.

Publisher:

Harvard University Asia Center ;

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xv, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Gazetteers--History.
China--History, Local--Early works to 1800.
Gazetteers.
China.
Presse régionale et locale--Chine--Moyen âge.
Chine--Histoire locale--Moyen âge.
Early works.
History.
Local history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Impetus to compile. Government initiatives to compile gazetteers -- Local initiatives to compile gazetteers -- Production process. Editorial process -- Publishing gazetteers -- Financing gazetteers -- Reading and using gazetteers. Target audiences and distribution -- Reading and using gazetteers -- Epilogue.

Summary:

Introduction -- Impetus to compile. Government initiatives to compile gazetteers -- Local initiatives to compile gazetteers -- Production process. Editorial process -- Publishing gazetteers -- Financing gazetteers -- Reading and using gazetteers. Target audiences and distribution -- Reading and using gazetteers -- Epilogue.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 379

ISBN:

0674504291 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780674504295 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)891001506

LCCN:

2014032677

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)