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Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern

byJing Tsu

After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Kingdom of Characters combines archival sources, narrative history, and voices from the period, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of history and language arts & disciplines, Kingdom of Characters explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. By the end, the language revolution that made china modern emerges as a layered story of competing motives, unintended results, and choices made under pressure.

Publisher

Riverhead Books

Publication date

Jan 17, 2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9780735214736