Kingdom of characters : the language revolution that made china modern
Tsu, Jing
Kingdom of characters : the language revolution that made china modern Jing Tsu - New York : Riverhead Books, c2022 - xxi, 314 pages : illustration ; 21cm.
Includes index
One. A Mandarin in Revolution -- Two. Chinese Typewriters and America -- Three. Tipping the scale of telegraphy -- Four. The Librarian's Card Catalog -- Five. When "Peking" became "Beijing" -- Six. Entering into the computer -- Seven. The Digital Sinosphere.
This book follows the bold innovators who reinvented the Chinese language. With larger-than-life characters and an unexpected perspective on the major events of China's tumultuous twentieth century, Tsu reveals how language is both a technology to be perfected and a subtle yet potent power to be exercised and expanded.
978-0-7352-1473-6
REF PL 1171 .T78 2022
Kingdom of characters : the language revolution that made china modern Jing Tsu - New York : Riverhead Books, c2022 - xxi, 314 pages : illustration ; 21cm.
Includes index
One. A Mandarin in Revolution -- Two. Chinese Typewriters and America -- Three. Tipping the scale of telegraphy -- Four. The Librarian's Card Catalog -- Five. When "Peking" became "Beijing" -- Six. Entering into the computer -- Seven. The Digital Sinosphere.
This book follows the bold innovators who reinvented the Chinese language. With larger-than-life characters and an unexpected perspective on the major events of China's tumultuous twentieth century, Tsu reveals how language is both a technology to be perfected and a subtle yet potent power to be exercised and expanded.
978-0-7352-1473-6
REF PL 1171 .T78 2022
