This book, which relies on documents previously unavailable to both Western and Chinese researchers, demonstrates how Western technology and evolving traditional values resulted in the birth of a unique form of print capitalism whose influence on Chinese culture was far-reaching and irreversible. Its conclusion contests scholarly arguments that view China's technological development as slowed by culture, or that interpret Chinese modernity as mere cultural continuity.

Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937

History

Christopher A. Reed

Asia

Hong Kong University Press

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Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937