From oracle bones to computers
Subtitle: the emergence of writing technologies in China
By: Baotong Gu.
Publisher: Parlor Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781602351011; 9781602351004
Subjects: Writing -- China -- Materials and instruments -- History; Written communication -- Technological innovations -- China -- History; Written communication -- Technological innovations -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : (de)mystifying the Chinese culture; title: (Un)loading technology; title: Rhetoricizing and operationalizing technology; title: Oracle and bronze inscriptions; title: Early forms of pen, ink, and paper; title: The modern form of paper; title: Block printing and movable type; title: The Chinese typewriter; title: The computer and the Internet; title: Conclusion : toward a more pluralistic model of knowledge construction.