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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mullaney, Thomas S. (Thomas Shawn), author.

Title: The Chinese typewriter : a history / Thomas S. Mullaney.

Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017] | Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016050197 | ISBN 9780262036368 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780262340762

Subjects: LCSH: Typewriters, Chinese--History. | Typewriters--History. | Chinese language--Writing--History. | Written communication--Technological innovations--China--History. | Information technology--China--History. | Communication and technology--China--History.

Classification: LCC Z49.4.C4 M85 2017 | DDC 681.61--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050197

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