{"product_id":"mapping-the-old-zhuang-character-david-holm-9789004223691","title":"Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script: A Vernacular Writing System from Southern China","description":"The traditional Zhuang script is a character script based on Chinese, adapted for the purpose of writing the Tai languages of southern China and northern Vietnam. \u003ci\u003eMapping the Old Zhuang Character Script\u003c\/i\u003e by David Holm, presents for the first time a systematic overview of such a script, based on a survey of traditional texts in 45 locations among the Zhuang and related peoples in Guangxi, Guizhou, eastern Yunnan, and northern Vietnam. Complete with 133 maps, it looks at patterns of geographic variation in relation to dialect, the domains of former native chieftaincies, the activities of ritual masters and Taoist priests, large-scale migrations, and the transplantation of garrisons of native troops. Internal evidence indicates the script has a history going back well before the Tang.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Holm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 900422369X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004223691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.50w x 2.00d","brand":"David Holm","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47135474647295,"sku":"9789004223691","price":329.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c1a937f-0b34-4634-bbea-4059cc987f8f.jpg?v=1755010265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mapping-the-old-zhuang-character-david-holm-9789004223691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}