Gutenberg in Shanghai : Chinese print capitalism, 1876-1937 /
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Author / Creator: | Reed, Christopher A., 1954- |
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Imprint: | Vancouver : UBC Press, 2004. |
Description: | xvii, 391 p. : ill, map ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Contemporary Chinese studies, 1206-9523 |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5154767 |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Gutenberg's Descendants: Transferring Industrialized Printing Technology to China, 1807-1930
- 2. Janus-Faced Pioneers: The Golden Age of Shanghai's Lithographic Printer-Publishers, 1876-1905
- 3. "Sooty Sons of Vulcan": Forging Shanghai's Printing Machinery, 1895-1937
- 4. "The Hub of the Wheel": Commerce, Technology, and Organizational Innovation in Shanghai's New-Style Publishing World, 1876-c. 1911
- 5. "The Three Legs of the Tripod": Commercial Press, Zhonghua Books, and World Books, 1912-37
- Conclusion
- Appendix. A Bird's-Eye View of 1930s Shanghai's Fuzhou Road/Wenhuajie District
- Glossary of Chinese Terms, Titles, and Names
- Notes
- Selected Asian-Language Bibliography
- Selected Western-Language Bibliography
- Index