Subject: Book industries and trade--China--Shanghai--History--19th-20th centuries

Gutenberg in Shanghai : Chinese print capitalism, 1876-1937
AuthorReed, Christopher A. (Christopher Alexander), 1954-
PlaceVancouver, BC
PublisherUBC Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [R9]
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
SeriesStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, Contemporary Chinese studies
ShelfReading Room, Digital Archives
Call NumberZ186.C5 R44 2004
Descriptionxvii, 391 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
NoteGutenberg in Shanghai : Chinese print capitalism, 1876-1937 / Christopher A. Reed.
Cover title also in Chinese: Gutengbao zai Shanghai : Zhongguo yinshua zibenye de fa zhan 谷騰堡在上海 : 中國印刷資本業的發展 : 一八七六 - 一九三七年 (1876-1937).
Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-377) and index.

1. Gutenberg's Descendants: Transferring Industrialized Printing Technology to China, 1807-1930 / 25
2. Janus-Faced Pioneers: The Golden Age of Shanghai's Lithographic Printer-Publishers, 1876-1905 / 88
3. "Sooty Sons of Vulcan": Forging Shanghai's Printing Machinery, 1895-1937/ 128
4. "The Hub of the Wheel": Commerce, Technology, and Organizational Innovation in Shanghai's New-Style Publishing World, 1876-c. 1911 / 161
5. "The Three Legs of the Tripod": Commercial Press, Zhonghua Books, and World Books, 1912-37 / 203
Conclusion / 257
Appendix: A Bird's-Eye View of 1930s Shanghai's Fuzhou Road / Wenhuajie District/ 280
Glossary of Chinese Terms, Titles, and Names / 289. Notes / 297.
Selected Asian-Language Bibliography / 360
Selected Western-Language Bibliography / 367
Index / 379.

Local access dig.pdf. [Reed-Gutenberg in Shanghai.pdf]

ISBN0774810408
LCCN2004463633