Author

Publication

1997-03-01 - Stanford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96015405
  • Goodreads1672521
  • LibraryThing9732263

Classifications

  • LCCPN5369.S483 S545 1996
  • DDC079/.51

Description

Print and Politics offers a cultural history of a late Qing newspaper, Shibao, the most influential reform daily of its time. Exploring the simultaneous emergence of a new print culture and a new culture of politics in early-twentieth-century China, the book treats Shibao as both institution and text and demonstrates how the journalists who wrote for the paper attempted to take out a "middle realm" of discourse and practice. Chronicling the role these journalists played in educational and constitutional organizations, as well as their involvement in major issues of the day, it analyzes their essays as political documents and as cultural artifacts. Particular attention is paid to the language the journalists used, the cultural constructs they employed to structure their arguments, and the multiple sources of authority they appealed to in advancing their claims for reform.

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