The Woman Who Discovered Printing

by Timothy Hugh Barrett and T.H. Barrett

Book Overview

This beguiling book asks a set of unusual and fascinating questions--why is early Chinese printing so little acknowledged, despite anticipating Gutenberg by centuries? Why are the religious elements of all early printing overlooked? And why did printing in China not have the immediate obvious impact it did in Europe?

T. H. Barrett, a leading scholar of medieval China, brings us the answers through the intriguing story of Empress Wu...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300204256
• ISBN13: 9780300204254
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"