Thesis
Books, reading, and knowledge in Ming China
- Abstract:
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The art of reading and its application to knowledge acquisition and innovation by elites have been largely neglected by historians of print culture and reading in late imperial China (1368-1911). Unlike most studies, which are concerned more with the implied reader and individual reading experience, the present study assumes that the actual reader and the social, cultural and epistemic dimensions of reading practices are the central issues of a history of reading in China. That is, while t...
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+ Brook, T
- Division:
- HUMS
- Department:
- Oriental Studies Faculty
- Role:
- Supervisor
+ De Weerdt, H
- Division:
- HUMS
- Department:
- Oriental Studies Faculty
- Role:
- Supervisor
- Publication date:
- 2012
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
- Language:
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English
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- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
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ora:6306
- Deposit date:
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2012-06-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Dai, L
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available in ORA.
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