Pirates and Publishers : A Social History of Copyright in Modern China /

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A detailed historical look at how copyright was negotiated and protected by authors, publishers, and the state in late imperial and modern ChinaIn Pirates and Publishers, Fei-Hsien Wang reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, during a t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Fei-Hsien (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Copyright.
Copyright > Social aspects.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Droit d'auteur > Aspect social > Chine.
Droit d'auteur > Chine > Histoire.
Copyright > Social aspects > China.
Copyright > China > History.
China.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The curious journey of "copyright" in East Asia
  • The business of "new learning"
  • "The everlasting reward for my labor of mind"
  • Between privilege and property
  • The "copyright" regime of Chessboard Street
  • Hunting pirates in Beiping
  • A world without piracy?
  • Conclusion.

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