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Buying and Selling Law Books in Qing Beijing.
- Source :
- East Asian Publishing & Society; 2017, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p94-126, 33p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Beijing was an emerging legal publishing center in late imperial China and at least 60 commercial editions of law books were published there in the Qing. Beijing commercial publishers established close connections with the central government, which enabled them to obtain internal legal and administrative information and to print it for profit. Thanks to their close connections with other printing centers in places like Jiangnan and Jiangxi, Beijing publishers had convenient access to fine editions of legal books in the national book market. In the early 19th century when Jiangnan editions rose to dominance, Beijing publishers adjusted their publishing strategies by republishing Jiangnan editions and reducing the number of their own editions. During the Taiping war, Beijing publishers took the opportunity to expand their business. In the late Qing, Beijing was a flourishing legal printing center, selling a variety of legal books at affordable prices to readers who wanted to learn the law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22106278
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- East Asian Publishing & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137508323
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/22106286-12341308