The Chinese Typewriter
A History
- Paperback
504 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2018
Summary
How Chinese characters triumphed over the QWERTY keyboard and laid the foundation for China’s information technology successes today.Chinese writing is character based, the one major world script that is neither alphabetic nor syllabic. Through the years, the Chinese written language encountered presumed alphabetic universalism in the form of Morse Code, Braille, stenography, Linotype, punch cards, word processing, and other systems developed with the Latin alphabet in mind. This book is abou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262536103 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262536102 |
| Author: | Thomas S. Mullaney |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 504 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 628g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
| Series: | The Chinese Typewriter |
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…this gives us a fresh view of the issues…
…this gives us a fresh view of the issues…
* New Scientist *His theme – the preservation of characters, a basic element of Chinese culture, and how they entered, and became part of, the modern informational world – is well worth our attention.
* Times Higher Education *…a surprisingly engaging read.
* The New Yorker *About The Author
Thomas S. Mullaney
Thomas S. Mullaney is Professor of History at Stanford University and the author of Coming to Terms with the Nation- Ethnic Classification in Modern China.
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