Table of Contents for Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China

List of Figures

List of Tables

A Note on Terms, Translations, and Usages

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Printing, Eurocentrism, and the Study of the Social in Early Modern China

1.     Cost of Production and Book Prices

2.     The Chinese Book and Late-Ming Publishing

3.     Commodification of Writing, Examinations, and Publishing

4.     Paratext: Commentaries, Ideology, and Politics

5.     Public Authority, Literary Critics, and Organizational Power

Conclusion: Printing and Literary Culture in Early Modern China

Appendixes

Character List

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index