Dialect and nationalism in China, 1860-1960 /
Tam, Gina Anne,1986-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-255) and index.
Introduction -- 1. A Chinese Language: Fangyan before the twentieth century -- 2. Unchangeable Roots: Fangyan and the Creation of the Chinese National Language -- 3. The Sounds of Authenticity: Defining Linguistic Modernity in Republican China -- 4. The People's Language: Fangyan under the CCP -- 5. The Mandarin Revolution: The Great Leap to a Standard Language -- Epilogue -- Works Cited.
Language policy
Chinese language
Language and languages
Language spread
Language planning
Language and culture
Chinese language
Language and culture.
Language and languages
Language planning.
Language policy.
Dialect and nationalism in China, 1860-1960