About the author

Zhang Zhongmin is a Chinese book author whose works focus on modern and contemporary Chinese history and the study of reading culture. Public information about him is currently limited; it is known only that he has three works to his name, including Binggua Dedou: Reading Culture and the Politics of Reception in the Late Qing and Early Republic (Revised Edition), Publishing and Cultural Politics: A Study of Late Qing Hygiene Books, and One Leaf Falling Tells of Autumn: Historical Events and Figures of the Late Qing and Early Republic. These titles show that he attends to the transformative period of the late Qing and early Republic, approaching it through book publishing, reading practices, and the politics of reception to examine how ideas spread and change within society. His writing falls within the categories of social science and historical reading, drawing on specific documents and historical events, and combining scholarly rigor with readability to offer a detailed and distinctive perspective on cultural change in the late Qing and Republican eras.

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Publishers

Shanghai People's Publishing HouseSocial Sciences Academic Press (SSAP)