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Becoming Taiwanese : ethnogenesis in a colonial city, 1880s to 1950s
- Title
- Becoming Taiwanese : ethnogenesis in a colonial city, 1880s to 1950s / Evan N. Dawley.
- Author
- Dawley, Evan N.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 413 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Examines the first era of Taiwanese identity construction, the first half of the twentieth century, in a place that served as a crucible for new identities, the northern port city of Jilong (Keelung). Part colonial urban social history, part exploration of the relationship between modern ethnicity and nationalism, offering important new answers to questions of ethnic identity formation"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 420
- Uniform Title
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 420.
- Subjects
- Ethnicity
- Nationalism
- Social conditions
- Ethnicity > Taiwan > Keelung City > History > 19th century
- Keelung City (Taiwan) > Social conditions > 20th century
- Taiwan > Keelung City
- Nationalism > Taiwan > History
- History
- 1800-1999
- Keelung City (Taiwan) > Social conditions > 19th century
- Japan > Colonies > Asia
- Ethnicity > Taiwan > Keelung City > History > 20th century
- Asia
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-390) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Building and populating a vanguard city -- "Love of city and love of self" : constructing identities in the crucible of Jilong -- "Civilization enters here" : local elites, social organizations, and the reterritorialization of Jilong -- Sacred spaces : religions and the construction of identities -- Realms of welfare : social work and border defense -- Defining new boundaries in the reconstruction of Jilong, 1945-1947 -- Ethnicity, nationalism, and the re-creation of Jilong, 1945-1955 -- Epilogue : History, memory, and the usage and utility of Taiwanese ethnicity.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-4166
- ISBN
- 9780674237209
- 067423720X
- LCCN
- 2018034040
- OCLC
- 1048660595
- Author
- Dawley, Evan N., author.
- Title
- Becoming Taiwanese : ethnogenesis in a colonial city, 1880s to 1950s / Evan N. Dawley.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 420Harvard East Asian monographs ; 420.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-390) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-4166