Columbia University Press. Used - Very Good. 2006. Illustrated. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xvi & 416 pp. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Asian Studies). Columbia University Press ISBN 0231137982 9780231137980 [US]

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ISBN10: 0231137982, ISBN13: 9780231137980, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Brings together 17 essays by leading scholars to construct a comprehensive cultural history of Taiwan under Japanese rule. This book explores a number of topics through a variety of theoretical, comparative, and postcolonial perspectives, painting a complex and nuanced portrait of a pivotal time in the formation of Taiwanese national identity.
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Columbia University Press, Date: 2006-11-07. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2006. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231137982 9780231137980 [US]

ISBN10: 0231137982, ISBN13: 9780231137980, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. The first study of colonial Taiwan in English, this volume brings together seventeen essays by leading scholars to construct a comprehensive cultural history of Taiwan under Japanese rule. Contributors from the United States, Japan, and Taiwan explore a number of topics through a variety of theoretical, comparative, and postcolonial perspectives, painting a complex and nuanced portrait of a pivotal time in the formation of Taiwanese national identity.Essays are grouped into four categories: rethinking colonialism and modernity; colonial policy and cultural change; visual culture and literary expressions; and from colonial rule to postcolonial independence. Their unique analysis considers all elements of the Taiwanese colonial experience, concentrating on land surveys and the census; transcolonial coordination; the education and recruitment of the cultural elite; the evolution of print culture and national literature; the effects of subjugation, coercion, discrimination, and governmentality; and the root causes of the ethnic violence that dominated the postcolonial era. The contributors encourage readers to rethink issues concerning history and ethnicity, cultural hegemony and resistance, tradition and modernity, and the romancing of racial identity. Their examination not only provides a singular understanding of Taiwan's colonial past, but also ...
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