#  Chinese History 115: Topics in Book History of Late Imperial China 

 





 Semester:   Fall 

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 Year offered:  2013 

 

 

 

**Lianbin Dai**  
The central question examined in this course is how to establish book history of late imperial China as a modern discipline before integrating or globalizing it into a framework of book history of the world. Topics include: book history as an interdisciplinary field, theories on book history, China's tradition of book studies, China's bibliographic tradition, literary criticism and book history, socio-economic history of the book, history of reading, state and the book, the book and scholarship. Theoretical assumptions, approaches and materials for exploring those topics are to be highlighted. Students will be evaluated by two assignments and a final essay. *For Undergraduates and Graduates*



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Courses 2014/15 and earlier ](/course-categories/past-courses)