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9780824828332

Gutenberg in Shanghai : Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937

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  • ISBN13:

    9780824828332

  • ISBN10:

    082482833X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-12-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Christopher A. Reed is a member of the History Department at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Table of Contents

Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 3(22)
Gutenberg's Descendants: Transferring Industrialized Printing Technology to China, 1807-1930
25(63)
Janus-Faced Pioneers: The Golden Age of Shanghai's Lithographic Printer-Publishers, 1876-1905
88(40)
``Sooty Sons of Vulcan'': Forging Shanghai's Printing Machinery, 1895-1937
128(33)
``The Hub of the Wheel'': Commerce, Technology, and Organizational Innovation in Shanghai's New-Style Publishing World, 1876-c. 1911
161(42)
``The Three Legs of the Tripod'': Commercial Press, Zhonghua Books, and World Books, 1912-37
203(54)
Conclusion 257(23)
Appendix: A Bird's-Eye View of 1930s Shanghai's Fuzhou Road/ Wenhuajie District 280(9)
Glossary of Chinese Terms, Titles, and Names 289(8)
Notes 297(63)
Selected Asian-Language Bibliography 360(7)
Selected Western-Language Bibliography 367(12)
Index 379

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