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Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937

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Description for Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937 Paperback. Gutenberg in Shanghai demonstrates how Western technology and evolving traditional values resulted in the birth of a unique form of print capitalism whose influence on Chinese culture was far-reaching and irreversible. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.

In the mid-1910s, what historians call the "Golden Age ofChinese Capitalism" began, accompanied by a technologicaltransformation that included the drastic expansion of China’s"Gutenberg revolution." Gutenberg in Shanghaiexamines this process. It finds the origins of that revolution in thecountry’s printing industries of the late imperial period andanalyzes their subsequent development in the Republican era.

This book, which relies on documents previously unavailable to bothWestern and Chinese researchers, demonstrates how Western technologyand evolving traditional values resulted in the birth of a unique formof print capitalism whose influence on Chinese culture was far-reachingand irreversible. Its conclusion contests scholarly arguments that viewChina’s technological development ... Read more

A vital reevaluation of Chinese modernity, Gutenberg inShanghai will be enthusiastically received by scholars of Chinesehistory and by specialists in cultural studies, political science,sociology, the history of the book, and the anthropology of science andtechnology.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Chinese Studies
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774810418
SKU
V9780774810418
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About Christopher A. Reed
Christopher A. Reed is a member of the HistoryDepartment at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

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