Tsu, Jing <br/><br/>
Kingdom of characters :  the language revolution that made china modern 
Jing Tsu 
 - New York :  Riverhead Books,  c2022 
 - xxi, 314 pages :  illustration ;  21cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-7352-1473-6 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>REF PL 1171 .T78 2022