A Study Of Yan' An Publishing Industry (1937-1947)

Yan'an publishing industry is a part of new democratic cluture cause under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, which writes a glorious page in our new culture of modern publishing history. The systemic research on Yan'an publishing industry contributes to learning the glorious history of Yan'an publishing industry, to understanding its role in history and historical contribution, to carrying forward the fine tradition of Yan'an publishing industry in the new era. On the basis of analyzing the historical background of the development of Yan'an publishing industry, this dissertation gives a macro exploration of the publishing industry in Yan'an from the two development stages, at the same time, studies the remuneration and advertisement of Yan'an publications and the daily life of publishers at the micro-level, and comprehensively summarizes and elaborates the historical role and contribution of Yan'an publishing industry.On the specific contents, Chapter one mainly discusses the historical background of the prosperity of the publishing industry in Yan'an. Under the publishing policies of Japan domination period, the publishing industry had some serious shrinkage in the enemy-occupied area. In Kuomintang-controlled area, the progressive publishing industry had been devastated at a certain extent under the KMT's strict control. On the contrary, in the early of Anti-Japanese War, the Communist Party of China implemented liberal cultural policies, respected and welcomed intellectuals, rewarded freedom of research at Yan'an. Yan'an has shown active cultural atmosphere, gathering a large number of intellectuals, which is the cultural prerequisite of Yan'an's flourishing publishing industry.Chapter two mainly discusses the first stage of the development of the publishing industry in Yan'an-the basic situation of the rise and prosperous stage (Jan.1937-Jan.1941).Under the major cultural policy background of Communist Party of China, Yan'an had a relatively free environment for the publication. The Publishing Management Agencies, such as the CPC Central Newspaper Committee, the Publishing and Issuing Department of the CPC Central Committee and so on, were rehabilitated and reconstructed, which symbolized Yan'an had sound publishing administration and management system. At this stage, the newspapers and periodicals were founded and had a small upsurge in the press, and a number of influential newspapers and periodicals were published. With the rise of publishing agencies, the books publication became prosperous. The creation and development of printing and issuing were one of the aspects at this stage in Yan'an. At the analysis of Yan'an's issuing work, this part mainly expounds the creation of Xinhua Bookstores and the building of distribution branches. The main research on printing mainly includes the creation, production competition, technological innovation of the printing industry, as well as the division and merger of the printing factories.Chapter three mainly discuses the adjustment and development stage of the basic situation of Yan'an publishing industry (Jan.1941.1-Mar.1947). The external environment of publication in Yan'an has changed after South Anhui Incident, which forced appropriately adusting the publishing policy in Yan'an. At this satage, the publishing management agencies in Yan'an has integrated, and set up the CPC Central Publishing Bureau and the issued branch and the published branch of the CPC Central Propaganda Dapartment and so on. The newspaper publishing has a new adjustment and integration while the book publishing also has its own features. The work of study for distribution in the adusting stage included the creation of bookstore, issuing reform of bookstores, and books and periocals gone to contryside in Yan'an. The study of printing work pays focus attations on the printing industry's technological innovation acticites, development of Zhao Zhanhui movement and Tong Yuxin Movement as well as the situation of stragegic transfer in the printing industry.Chapter four focuses on the remuneration and advertisement of Yan'an publications, and Yan'an publishier'the daily life. On the remuneration research, there are five aspects, including the controvercy on the remuneration of Yan'an publichations exsiting or not, the forms and stypes, standards and useage, economic price levels, and cultural significance of the remuneration. In advertising aspects, it mainly discusses the historical development course, the bulishing procedure and loction and price, the content and features and developing characteristics, and the useage of the Yan'an publications. The study of Yan'an publisher's daily life focuse on their daily life's picture, the working and producting conditions as well as inspecting the publisher's clothing, food, shelter, transporation and entertainment.Chapter 5 focuses on the historical role and contribution of Yan'an publishing industry. Yan'an publishing industry has created a favorable public opinion environment for new-democratic revolution, and provided conditions for its ideological and theoretical development and personnel security, which had played an important role in promoting for new-democratic revolution, under the leadership of the CPC. Yan'an publishing industry has created the conditions for border region revolutionary cause and the development of the border-based publishing activities, resulted in the literary and artistic prosperity, educational development, agriculture and health care sart-up in border region, offered guidance and assistance for bulishing activites in all kinds of bass and liberated areas. Yan'an publishing industry has laid a silid foundation for the publishing cause of the PRC. It has developed the publishing thinking of the CPC, laiding a theoretical foundation for the PRC, and it has formed a fine publishing tradition accumulating heritage of the China publishing cause, training the publishing talent and offering human condition for the publishing cause of the PRC.The last part of the paper is its conclusion. This part preliminarily compares Yan'an publishing industry with the publishing industry in Kuomingtang-controlled area and Soviet Union-controlled area, summarizes its historical characteristics of development, and discusses its historical status.