Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-384) and index.
Contents:
Printing, Eurocentrism, and the Study of the Social in Early Modern China 1 -- Cost of Production and Book Prices -- The Chinese Book and Late Ming Publishing -- Commodification of Writing, Examination, and Publishing -- Paratext: Commentaries, Ideology, and Politics -- Public Authority, Literary Critics, and Organizational Power.
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