A review by alpho
The Chinese Typewriter: A History by Thomas S. Mullaney

2.0

Really frustrating all the way through. It felt like it started from the author wanting to explore the (racist) Western conception of the Chinese typewriter, and I kept wanting more of what Chinese people thought of the Chinese typewriter. I’m still not clear on when a Chinese person would use a typewriter vs handwriting at any point in the evolution of the typewriter, and I feel like that should be relatively clear by the time I finish the book. Interesting topic, lots of interesting information, but what the author wanted to talk about was a relatively poor match for what I wanted to learn.