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Chinese Publishing

Hu Yang author Yang Xiao author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:9th Mar '12

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An illustrated introduction to the origins and development of printing and publication in China from ancient to modern times.

As the birthplace of moveable-type printing, China has some claim to being the homeland of publishing. Yang Hu and Xiao Yang provide a comprehensive introduction to the origins and development of printing and publication in China from ancient to modern times, complemented throughout with full colour illustrations.As the birthplace of moveable-type printing, China has some claim to being the homeland of publishing. China's ancient civilisation has nurtured a distinctively Chinese publishing industry, and this industry has done much to spread Chinese ideas and culture around the world. Yang Hu and Xiao Yang provide a comprehensive introduction to the origins and development of printing and publication in China from ancient to modern times, complemented throughout with full colour illustrations.

ISBN: 9780521186759

Dimensions: 230mm x 156mm x 11mm

Weight: 380g

212 pages

3rd Revised edition