Public Talk by Professor Dali Yang, U.S.-China Relations: How Did We Get Here, Where Are We Going. Speaker: Professor Dali L. Yang, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago; Chair:...
Printing began in Japan in the 8th century with the production of the HyakumantÅ darani, though they were produced for ritual purposes not for reading. Texts were printed for reading from the 11th century onwards and from the beginning of the 17th century commercial publication took off rapidly and so successfully that by the 1660s catalogues of books in print were printed. So surely it is...