Overview of Chinese Publishing Culture

Author: Li Baijian
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Publish Date: 1999-04-01
Features: The publishing culture of China in the 20th century can be studied and grasped from the following aspects. Publishing culture refers to the cultural forms that emerge alongside publishing activities. Therefore, everything from the cultural figures of publishing (publishers, editors, authors), the cultural traditions of publishing, the aesthetic external forms of publications, publishing cultural activities, the cultural accumulation of publishing, the commercial aspects of publishing culture, the cultural literacy of editors, the relationship between publishing culture and other cultures, the special phenomena of publishing culture over the past 100 years, and the role of representative books in shaping the entire history and public opinion, all fall under the scope of publishing culture. This book introduces the general overview of China's 20th-century publishing culture from the aforementioned aspects.