Writing, Publishing, and Reading Local Gazetteers in Imperial China, 1100-1700 (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
Examines how local gazetteers were written, published, and read in imperial China between 1100 and 1700, highlighting their administrative and intellectual significance.
About This Book
This monograph explores the production and circulation of local gazetteers during China’s imperial era.
It situates gazetteer writing within broader administrative and intellectual practices of the time.
The study draws on extensive archival research to trace how information was compiled and disseminated.
Readers gain insight into the relationship between local record-keeping and state governance.
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