Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern

by Jing Tsu

Book Overview

A New York Times Notable Book of 2022

What does it take to reinvent a language?

After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China's most daunting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735214727
• ISBN13: 9780735214729
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.3"