Becoming Taiwanese : ethnogenesis in a colonial city, 1880s to 1950s /

"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 ethni...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dawley, Evan N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 420.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Ethnicity > Taiwan > Keelung City > History > 19th century.
Ethnicity > Taiwan > Keelung City > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Taiwan > History.
Nationalisme > Taiwan > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Ethnicity.
Nationalism.
Social conditions.
Keelung City (Taiwan) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Keelung City (Taiwan) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Japan > Colonies > Asia.
Asia.
Taiwan.
Taiwan > Keelung City.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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