Kingdom of characters : the language revolution that made china modern Jing Tsu

By:

Tsu, Jing

Contributor(s):

20cm

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, c2022Description: xxi, 314 pages : illustration ; 21cmISBN:

978-0-7352-1473-6

LOC classification:

REF PL 1171 .T78 2022

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes index

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.

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