List of Maps* and Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
I. Impetus to Compile
1. Government Initiatives to Compile Gazetteers
2. Local Initiatives to Compile Gazetteers
II. Production Process
3. Editorial Process
4. Publishing Gazetteers
5. Financing Gazetteers
III. Reading and Using Gazetteers
6. Target Audiences and Distribution
7. Reading and Using Gazetteers
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
* Maps
0.1 China’s provinces, rivers, and major cities during the Ming dynasty
1.1 The northwestern borderlands during the Ming dynasty
1.2 The southwestern borderlands during the Ming dynasty
2.1 Shaoxing Prefecture
4.1 Jiangxi block cutter business zones
4.2 Beijing and Handan block cutter business zones
4.3 Jiangnan block cutter business zones
7.1 Du Mu’s trip to Ningxia