Kingdom of characters : a tale of language, obsession, and genius in modern China
Tsu, Jing2023
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What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In 'Kingdom of Characters', Jing Tsu argues that China's most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century-long fight to make the formidable Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global trade and digital technology.
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Author:
Tsu, Jing, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2023.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2022.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780141985312 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
495.111
Language:
English
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BRN:
2564277
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