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- Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of British Columbia Press
summary
Relying on documents previously unavailable to both Western and Chinese researchers, this history demonstrates how Western technology and evolving traditional values resulted in the birth of a unique form of print capitalism that would have a far-reaching and irreversible influence on Chinese culture. In the mid-1910s, what historians call the "Golden Age of Chinese Capitalism" began, accompanied by a technological transformation that included the drastic expansion of China's "Gutenberg revolution." This is a vital reevaluation of Chinese modernity that refutes views that China's technological development was slowed by culture or that Chinese modernity was mere cultural continuity.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-2
- Introduction
- pp. 3-24
- Conclusion
- pp. 257-279
- Glossary of Chinese Terms, Titles, and Names
- pp. 289-296
- Selected Asian-Language Bibliography
- pp. 360-366
- Selected Western-Language Bibliography
- pp. 367-378
Additional Information
ISBN
9780774851862
MARC Record
OCLC
76898578
Pages
408
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No