000			01167nam a2200217Ia 4500
003			NUBLRC
008			241210s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020			_a978-0-7352-1473-6
040			_cNUBLRC
050			_aREF PL 1171 .T78 2022
100			_aTsu, Jing
245		0	_aKingdom of characters : _bthe language revolution that made china modern _cJing Tsu
260			_aNew York : _bRiverhead Books, _cc2022
300			_axxi, 314 pages : _billustration ; _c21cm.
365			_bUSD 29.89
504			_aIncludes index
505			_aOne. 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.
520			_aThis 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.
700			_a20cm.
942			_2lcc _cBK
999			_c5100 _d5100