Tanners of Taiwan - Life Strategies and National Culture

Informationen zum Autor Scott Simon Klappentext Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography of identity construction set in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan. Through life history analysis and ethnographic observation, Simon examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese - in contemporary Taiwan. Zusammenfassung Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography of identity construction set in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan. Through life history analysis and ethnographic observation, Simon examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese - in contemporary Taiwan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor Preface , Notes on Transliteration of Mandarin and Taiwanese , Introduction , Historical Contexts , Social Background , Tanners and Family Firms , Corporate and Firm Networks , Women and Enterprise , Workers and Bosses , Cross-Strait Investment and National Identity , Political Movements-Toward a Free Taiwan , Glossary , The Labor Process of Leather Tanning

Product details

• Authors: SIMON, Charnan Simon, Scott Simon, Simon Scott
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.02.2005
• EAN: 9780813341934
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-4193-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Westview Case Studies in Anthr; Case Studies in Anthropology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Taiwan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology