Overview
- Describes the social and cultural history of news communication activities, as well as cultural exchange and social customs of the people in the Tang Dynasty of ancient China
- Explores the early origins of the world's newspapers. The sprout of modern newspaper industry and news letter is found in Tang Dynasty, which, one thousand years later, appeared in Europe in the 16th century renaissance
- Reveals how the emperors of Tang Dynasty treated political dissidents. Through stories of Emperor Taizong's "taking people as a mirror" and Empress Wu Zetian's handling of the Rebellion's denunciation, it presents the way Chinese emperors dealt with public opinion
Part of the book series: Sociology, Media and Journalism in China (SMJC)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Referencing more than 40 ancient works as well as 70 books and papers of contemporary scholars, this book opens up the civilization, society, culture and communication of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang period represented unprecedented prosperity in the ancient world. Combining the socio-cultural background of ancient China and academic achievements of modern times, this book presents an intensive and in-depth exploration of the communicative organisations, methods and ideas of that period. The book looks at Tang methods of communication, from the postal delivery system and first newspaper to military communication in times of peace and war. It also considers questions of literature, poetry and public space as well as the impact of folk culture and communication on the Tang Dynasty, and examines the intellectual atmosphere of the time and debates surrounding freedom of speech and thought, positioning the Tang Dynasty as the end of the classic world and the beginning of modern society.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Communication, Civilization and China
Book Subtitle: Discovering the Tang Dynasty (618–907)
Authors: Bin Li
Translated by: Shixi Wu, Yuting Zheng, Benjamin Orion Landauer
Series Title: Sociology, Media and Journalism in China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7808-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: China Renmin University Press 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7807-6Published: 12 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7810-6Published: 12 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7808-3Published: 11 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-7981
Series E-ISSN: 2662-799X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 413
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of China, Media Research, Media and Communication