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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tsai, Weipin, 1974-

Lin, Pei-yin.

Series:

China Studies ; Volume 28.

China Studies, 1570-1344 ; Volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Printing.

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

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

Capitalism.

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

Intercultural communication--Case studies.

Intercultural communication.

Transnationalism--Case studies.

Transnationalism.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

History.

Printing--Social aspects.

China--Relations--Taiwan.

China.

Relations.

Taiwan.

Taiwan--Relations--China.

China--Intellectual life--20th century.

Intellectual life.

Taiwan--Intellectual life--20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [The Netherlands] : Brill, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 Cultural Connections in a New Global Space: Li Shizeng and the Chinese Francophile Project in the Early Twentieth Century / Paul J. Bailey Bailey, Paul J. 17

Early Years in France 18

Sino-French Cultural Interaction 27

Li Shizeng's Philosophy of Work-Study 32

Conclusion 36

2 Health and Hygiene in Late Qing China as Seen Through the Eyes of Japanese Travelers / Che-chia Chang Chang, Che-chia 40

Networks of Travelers 43

Categories of Traveler 45

First Impressions: Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! 51

Understanding the Japanese Viewpoint 55

Conclusion 59

3 Modernity through Experimentation: Lu Xun and the Modern Chinese Woodcut Movement / Elizabeth Emrich Emrich, Elizabeth 64

Alternative Modernities and Lu Xun's "Grabism" 66

Lu Xun in Shanghai and His Translations on Art 69

Lu Xun and Woodcut Publications 72

Humanism and Social Construction in Woodblock Prints 77

LuXun and Woodcut Print Societies 85

Conclusion 90

4 Technology, Markets, and Social Change: Print Capitalism in Early Twentieth-Century China / Tze-ki Hon Hon, Tze-ki 92

Local Initiatives and Domestic Factors in Technology Transfer 95

Markets, Circulation and Profits 97

National Learning as Cultural Capital 102

Professional Geographers and Public Intellectuals 105

Conclusion 111

5 Medical Advertising and Cultural Translation: The Case of Shenbao in Early Twentieth-Century China / Max K. W. Huang Huang, Max K. W. 114

Understanding the Human Body in Early Republican China 117

Medical Advertising and Cultural Translation 121

Conclusion 145

6 Planet in Print: The Scientific Imagination in Zheng Kunwu's Fiction during Taiwan's Colonial Period / Mei-e Huang Huang, Mei-e 148

From Astronomical Reports to Fiction Writing 150

Scientific Fantasy and Humanistic Reality 158

Between Science Fiction and Detective Story 161

Conclusion 163

7 Shaping Perception of the Second World War: A Study of Textbooks in Taiwan in the 1940s / Shi-chi Mike Lan Lan, Shi-chi Mike 165

Presentation of the War in Japanese Colonial Texts Before 1945 166

The War in Chinese Nationalist Texts After 1945 175

Localizing the War in Textbooks: Before and After 1945 180

Conclusion 183

8 Envisioning the Reading Public: Profit Motives of a Chinese-Language Tabloid in Wartime Taiwan / Pei-yin Lin Lin, Pei-yin 188

Positioning the Chinese-Language Tabloids in Colonial Taiwan 195

Chinese Literati-Courtesan Connections and Western Exotica 198

Appropriating and Speculating about Love 204

From Freedom of Love to Condemnation of Unrestrained Free Love 206

Alternative Modernity and Re-Appropriation of Love 211

Conclusion 213

9 The First Casualty: Truth, Lies and Commercial Opportunism in Chinese Newspapers during the First Sino-Japanese War / Weipin Tsai Tsai, Weipin 216

War Reporting in the West and in China in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century 216

Battle-Ready and Eager for the Fight 220

The War for Readership 226

In the Newspapers' Defense 234

Conclusion 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Print, profit, and perception : ideas, information and knowledge in Chinese societies, 1895-1949.

ISBN:

9789004259119

OCLC:

871225478

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