The Development of Ink, Paper & Printing in Asia - Couverture souple

Laufer, Berthold

 
9789745241107: The Development of Ink, Paper & Printing in Asia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9745241105 ISBN 13 : 9789745241107
Editeur : Orchid Press Publishing Limited, 2014

Synopsis

Essays on the origins of ink, paper and printing in Asia, tracing the early development of these technologies in China, Korea and Japan, and their later migration westward through South and Central Asia to Europe and America. The author, Berhold Laufer, a brilliant sinologist and linguist, quite correctly states that, without these developments, "there would have been no adequate record of the past, no progress, no science; it marks the dawn of civilization, it sets off civilization from savagery."

Laufer draws on primary sources and linguistic clues to reconstruct not only the timeframes and evolution of these technological developments, but also the materials and methods which the ancients used, the folklore that developed around ink and printing, and how these technologies eventually reached the West, many centuries after their origin. Along the way we learn how Chinese and other east Asians recorded information prior to the invention of printing, how the Buddhist sangha were the first users of early printing, how ink was employed as an tribute to rulers and the gods, that ink was used for both medicinal and punitive purposes and much more. A must read for all with interest in Asian culture and its contributions to human progress.

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À propos de l?auteur

Berthold Laufer (1874-1934) was among the most erudite of early 20th century Western scholars of Asian culture. He was the primary contributor to the great collection of anthropological material now preserved at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, a collection he curated for some 26 years. Fluent in many Asian languages, and leader of four major exploratory expeditions to Asia, he was the author of over 200 anthropological studies, books and papers.

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Éditeur
Orchid Press Publishing Limited
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9745241105
ISBN 13 
9789745241107
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
122
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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