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Overview"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 as slowed by culture, or thatinterpret Chinese modernity as mere cultural continuity. 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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher A. ReedPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Edition: illustrated edition Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780774810401ISBN 10: 0774810408 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 25 March 2004 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe details in this book stand testimony to Yeh's research skills and energy..This extensively researched book, which is studded with intriguing factual information, moves single-mindedly toward an emphatic celebration of Shanghai as a culturally and socially open space in an imagined past, when women ran free, men were admiring and non-judgmental, and romantic love was both occupational and glamorous. --Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Author InformationChristopher A. Reed is a member of the HistoryDepartment at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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