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Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History Hardcover – 13 February 2024
by Niki J. P. Alsford (Author), James Lin (Contributor), & 2 more
From a cradle of Austronesian expansion to the dynamic economic powerhouse and successful democracy it is today, Taiwan is layered in colonial histories. In Taiwan Lives, Niki J. P. Alsford presents a comprehensive examination of the island nation's rich and complex past, told through the life stories of those who have lived it.
A merchant, an exile, an activist, a pop star, a doctor, and a president are just some of the twenty-four individuals whose lives populate this people's history of Taiwan. Ranging across time, social strata, ethnicity, and political alliance, these tales offer snapshots of historical eras and illustrate the interwoven fabric of colonialism. Chapters can be read in sequence or individually. With clear and accessible prose, Taiwan Lives is ideal for undergraduate course use.
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"Widely read, this book can bring more nuance to popular western representations of Taiwan, which remain narrowly defined by sovereignty and security, and well-meaning but reductive platitudes about Taiwan's democracy. An appreciation for Taiwan's complexities - beyond the esoterica of international law and foreign relations - is seldom available to readers of English in such an accessible and enjoyable form."-- "International Journal of Social History"
"Presents Taiwan in a unique, multifaceted fashion."-- "Taipei Times"
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Stories of migration, displacement, democratization, and transformation
About the Author
Niki J. P. Alsford is professor of Asia Pacific Studies and head of Asia Pacific Institutes at the University of Central Lancashire. He is the author of Transitions to Modernity in Taiwan: The Spirit of 1895 and the Cession of Formosa to Japan (London: Routledge, 2017); and editor of Brill's Taiwan Series and Routledge's Korean Series.
James Lin is assistant professor of history at the University of Washington.
William Lavely is professor of sociology at the University of Washington. He is a coeditor of Rural China on the Eve of Revolution: Sichuan Fieldnotes, 1949-1950 by G. William Skinner (University of Washington Press, 2016) andthe author of many articles on demography and the family in contemporary China.
Madeleine Yue Dong is professor of history and chair of China Studies at the University of Washington. She is the author of Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories (University of California Press, 2004); editor of Everyday Modernity in China (University of Washington Press, 2006); and coeditor of The Modern Girl Around the World (Duke University Press, 2008).
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Publisher : University of Washington Press (13 February 2024)
Language : English
Hardcover : 302 pages
ISBN-10 : 0295752157
ISBN-13 : 978-0295752150
Dimensions : 15.88 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
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