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 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.

China--Relations--Taiwan.

China.

Taiwan--Relations--China.

Taiwan.

China--Intellectual life--20th century.

Taiwan--Intellectual life--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [The Netherlands] : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004259119

9004259112

OCLC:

871225478