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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464686103321

Titolo

Print, profit, and perception : ideas, information and knowledge in Chinese societies, 1895-1949 / / edited by Pei-yin Lin and Weipin Tsai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, [The Netherlands] : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-25911-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

China Studies, , 1570-1344 ; ; Volume 28

Altri autori (Persone)

TsaiWeipin <1974->

LinPei-yin

Disciplina

303.48/25105124909041

Soggetti

Printing - Social aspects - China - History - 20th century

Printing - Social aspects - Taiwan - History - 20th century

Capitalism - Social aspects - China - History - 20th century

Capitalism - Social aspects - Taiwan - History - 20th century

Intercultural communication

Transnationalism

Electronic books.

China Relations Taiwan

Taiwan Relations China

China Intellectual life 20th century

Taiwan Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Pei-yin Lin and Weipin Tsai -- 1 Cultural Connections in a New Global Space: Li Shizeng and the Chinese Francophile Project in the Early Twentieth Century / Paul J. Bailey -- 2 Health and Hygiene in Late Qing China as Seen Through the Eyes of Japanese Travelers / Che-chia Chang -- 3 Modernity through Experimentation: Lu Xun and the Modern Chinese Woodcut Movement / Elizabeth Emrich -- 4 Technology, Markets, and Social Change: Print Capitalism in Early Twentieth-Century China / Tze-ki Hon -- 5 Medical Advertising and Cultural Translation: The Case of Shenbao in Early Twentieth-Century China / Max K. W. Huang -- 6 Planet in Print: The



Scientific Imagination in Zheng Kunwu’s Fiction during Taiwan’s Colonial Period / Mei-e Huang -- 7 Shaping Perception of the Second World War: A Study of Textbooks in Taiwan in the 1940's / Shi-chi Mike Lan -- 8 Envisioning the Reading Public: Profit Motives of a Chinese-Language Tabloid in Wartime Taiwan / Pei-yin Lin -- 9 The First Casualty: Truth, Lies and Commercial Opportunism in Chinese Newspapers during the First Sino-Japanese War / Weipin Tsai -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Print, Profit, and Perception examines the dynamic cross-cultural exchanges occurring in China and Taiwan from the first Sino-Japanese War to the mid-twentieth century. Drawing examples from various genres, this interdisciplinary volume presents nine empirically grounded case studies on the growth in the production, dissemination and consumption of texts, which lay behind a dramatic expansion of knowledge. The chapters collectively address the co-existence of globalization and localization processes in the period. By taking into account intra-Asian cultural encounters and tracing the multiple competing forces encountered by many, this book offers a fresh and compelling take on how individuals and social groups participated in transnational conceptual flows. Contributors include: Paul Bailey, Che-chia Chang, Elizabeth Emrich, Tze-ki Hon, Max K.W. Huang, Mei-e Huang, Mike Shi-chi Lan, Pei-yin Lin, and Weipin Tsai.