Print, Profit, and Perception: Ideas, Information and Knowledge in Chinese Societies, 1895-1949

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004259104
• ISBN13: 9789004259102
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"