Gutenberg in Shanghai : Chinese print capitalism, 1876-1937 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Reed, Christopher A., 1954-
Imprint:	Vancouver : UBC Press, 2004.
Description:	xvii, 391 p. : ill, map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Contemporary Chinese studies, 1206-9523
Subject:	Printing -- China -- Shanghai -- History. Printing -- History -- Celebrations of invention Publishers and publishing -- China -- Shanghai -- History. Printing. Publishers and publishing. China -- Shanghai. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5154767

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Varying Form of Title:	Chinese print capitalism, 1876-1937 Gutengbao zai Shanghai : Zhongguo yi shua zi ben ye de fa zhan yi ba qi liu - yi jiu san qi nian 谷騰堡在上海 : 中國印刷資本業的發展一八七六 - 一九三七年
ISBN:	0774810408
Notes:	Title on cover also in Chinese. Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-377) and index.

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

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