Transferring Sinosphere knowledge to the public : James Summers (1828-91) as printer, editor and cataloguer
James Summers occupied the professorship of Chinese for two decades at King’s College London. He was also a trailblazer in promoting the study of Japanese culture in Victorian Britain, but he has been an underrated and understudied figure in British history. Summers was an ardent supporter of mo...
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| description | James Summers occupied the professorship of Chinese for two decades at King’s
College London. He was also a trailblazer in promoting the study of Japanese culture
in Victorian Britain, but he has been an underrated and understudied figure in British
history.
Summers was an ardent supporter of modern printing. He believed printed media
was the most effective medium to transform British perceptions of Asia, which in turn would help support Britain’s foreign political, commercial and missionary enterprise. He also orchestrated the printing of catalogues and journals in his capacity as library assistant to the British Museum and the India Office Library. He even set up his own press to print a newspaper in order to disseminate knowledge of East Asia to a broader readership. Based on primary materials that have rarely been used before, this paper positions Summers in the study of book history, material culture and print mediums in order to reassess his pioneering efforts in Sinological studies. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1468502023-03-11T20:06:08Z Transferring Sinosphere knowledge to the public : James Summers (1828-91) as printer, editor and cataloguer Kwan, Uganda Sze Pui School of Humanities Chinese Humanities::Language::Chinese Print Culture Book History James Summers occupied the professorship of Chinese for two decades at King’s College London. He was also a trailblazer in promoting the study of Japanese culture in Victorian Britain, but he has been an underrated and understudied figure in British history. Summers was an ardent supporter of modern printing. He believed printed media was the most effective medium to transform British perceptions of Asia, which in turn would help support Britain’s foreign political, commercial and missionary enterprise. He also orchestrated the printing of catalogues and journals in his capacity as library assistant to the British Museum and the India Office Library. He even set up his own press to print a newspaper in order to disseminate knowledge of East Asia to a broader readership. Based on primary materials that have rarely been used before, this paper positions Summers in the study of book history, material culture and print mediums in order to reassess his pioneering efforts in Sinological studies. Ministry of Education (MOE) Accepted version 2021-03-12T02:34:27Z 2021-03-12T02:34:27Z 2018 Journal Article Kwan, U. S. P. (2018). Transferring Sinosphere knowledge to the public : James Summers (1828-91) as printer, editor and cataloguer. East Asian Publishing and Society, 8(1), 56-84. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22106286-12341317 2210-6286 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146850 10.1163/22106286-12341317 1 8 56 84 en 2014-T1-001-234 East Asian Publishing and Society © 2018 Brill Academic Publishers. All rights reserved. This paper was published in East Asian Publishing and Society and is made available with permission of Brill Academic Publishers. application/pdf |
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| title | Transferring Sinosphere knowledge to the public : James Summers (1828-91) as printer, editor and cataloguer |
| title_full | Transferring Sinosphere knowledge to the public : James Summers (1828-91) as printer, editor and cataloguer |
| title_fullStr | Transferring Sinosphere knowledge to the public : James Summers (1828-91) as printer, editor and cataloguer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transferring Sinosphere knowledge to the public : James Summers (1828-91) as printer, editor and cataloguer |
| title_short | Transferring Sinosphere knowledge to the public : James Summers (1828-91) as printer, editor and cataloguer |
| title_sort | transferring sinosphere knowledge to the public james summers 1828 91 as printer editor and cataloguer |
| topic | Humanities::Language::Chinese Print Culture Book History |
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