The Power of Print in Modern China

The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism is a non-fiction book by Robert Culp, published by Columbia University Press in 2019.

The book covers the subject starting with the Qing dynasty,^[1] with the Republic of China getting the most coverage,^[2] and ending with the Cultural Revolution. Commercial Press, World Book Company, and Zhonghua Book Company are the three companies with the most prominent coverage.^[1] Fan Zhuang of the University of Macau stated that the book's chronology means it "captures the enormous changes in culture and society through the lenses of printing and publishing."^[3]

According to Zhuang, The Power of Print in Modern China has more of a focus on persons in the industry while Gutenberg in Shanghai focuses more on equipment and processes.^[3]

Background

The author used diaries and memoirs as sourcing.^[1]

Reception

Robert E. Hegel stated that the summaries were useful for readers tracking complex arguments, the notes were "extensive and helpful", and that the writing was done in a "clear, concise" way.^[2]

See also

• Printing and Book Culture in Late Imperial China

References

• Hegel, Robert E. (2020). "The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism". The China Quarterly. 241: 283–285. doi:10.1017/S0305741020000156.
• Zhuang, Fan (August 2023). "The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism, by Robert Culp". China Review. 23 (3). Hong Kong: 331–334. JSTOR 48740218.

Notes

1. Hegel, p. 283.
2. Hegel, p. 284.
3. Zhuang, p. 331.

Further reading

• Chia, Lucille (2020). "The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism by Robert Culp, and: Writing for Print: Publishing and the Making of Textual Authority in Late Imperial China by Suyoung Son (review)". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 80 (2): 513–520. doi:10.1353/jas.2020.0037 – via Project MUSE.
• He, Qiliang (October 2020). "Toward a New Understanding of the Publishing Industry in Modern China". Twentieth-century China. 45 (3): 378–383. doi:10.1353/tcc.2020.0031.
• Henningsen, Lena (2020). "The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism. By Robert Culp. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. 371 pp. ISBN: 9780231184148 (cloth)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 79 (2): 457–459. doi:10.1017/S002191182000008X. - Also at Cambridge Core
• Hockx, Michel (March 2021). "Robert Culp . The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism". The American Historical Review. 126 (1): 287–289. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhab109.
• Liu, Chang (2020). "The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism. (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.) xv, 371 pp. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. £50. ISBN 978 0 231 18416 8". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 83 (1). University of London: 188–189. doi:10.1017/S0041977X20000403.
• Magagnin, Paolo (2018). "The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism by Robert Culp (review)". China Review International. 25 (2): 115–119. doi:10.1353/cri.2018.0026.
• McDermott, Joseph P. (2021). "The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State Socialism , by Robert Culp. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. v+371 pp. US$65.00/£50.00 (cloth)". The China Journal. 85 (2): 233–235. doi:10.1086/711535.
• Ni, Veronica Huiliuqian (2020). "Robert Culp: The Power of Print in Modern China: Columbia University Press, New York, NY, 2019, 371 pp, $65.00, ISBN: 9780231545358". Publishing Research Quarterly. 36 (1): 189–190. doi:10.1007/s12109-020-09713-5.
  • Correction: Ni, Veronica Huiliuqian (December 2020). "Correction to: Robert Culp: The Power of Print in Modern China". Publishing Research Quarterly. doi:10.1007/s12109-020-09734-0.
• Wood, Frances (2020). "Publishing, poetry and picnics". TLS, the Times Literary Supplement (6096): 16. - Also at Gale Group

External links

• The Power of Print in Modern China - Columbia University Press
• The Power of Print in Modern China - On JSTOR