Kingdom Of Characters: A Tale Language Obsession And Genius In Modern China Jing Tsu Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Pulitzer Prize Finalista Riveting Masterfully Researched Account Of The Bold Innovators Who Adapted Chinese Language To Modern World Transforming China Into Superpower In Processwhat Does It Take Reinvent World\ S Oldest Living Language?China Today Is One Most Powerful Nations Yet Just Century Ago Was Crumbling Empire With Literacy Reserved For Elite Few Left Behind Wake Western Technology Kingdom Characters Jing Tsu Shows That China\ Daunting Challenge Linguistic One: Make Formidable - 2 200-Year-Old Writing System Natives And Foreigners Alike Accessible Globalized Digital Follows Script Value-System Represents Technological Advances Would Shape Twentieth Beyond From Telegram Typewriter Smartphone Exiled Reformer Risked Death Advocate Mandarin As National Imprisoned Computer Engineer Devised Input Codes On Lid Teacup Generations Scholars Missionaries Librarians Politicians Inventors Nationalists Revolutionaries Understood Urgency Their Task Its World-Shaping Consequences Larger-Than-Life Thrilling Narrative Offers An Astonishingly Original Perspective Century\ Dramatic Transformations Σελίδες: 336 Διαστάσεις: 13 1X13 1Cm