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The book examines changes in the Chinese society during the late Qing and Republican China from the point of view of the intellectual community. Members of the lettered class always have ways to signal their identity and status, and those during the Late Qing and Republican period are no exception. An account of their interaction with new media such as newspapers, bookstores, and universities provides a telling illustration of how the intellectual atmosphere at the time helped shape members of the lettered clas