Print, Profit, and Perception ― Ideas, Information, and Knowledge in Chinese Societies, 1895-1949

Print, Profit, and Perception examines the dramatic knowledge expansion and dynamic cross-cultural exchanges occurring in China and Taiwan from 1895 to 1949. The nine chapters, heavily case-studied, collectively address the co-existence of globalization and localization processes in the period.

Pei-yin Lin, Ph.D. (2001), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong. She has published many articles on modern Chinese literature and culture, with a focus on Taiwan.Weipin Tsai, Ph.D. ( 2004 ), University of Leeds, lectures in Modern Chinese History at Royal Holloway, University of London. Publications include a monograph and articles on Chinese modernisation, print culture, postal services and the Maritime Customs Service.