TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tsu, Jing
AU  - 20cm.
TI  - Kingdom of characters: the language revolution that made china modern
SN  - 978-0-7352-1473-6
AV  - REF PL 1171 .T78 2022 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Riverhead Books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -