Taiwan Lives - A Social and Political History

"The individual lives presented here range across time and social strata, presenting the experiences of people from a variety of professions, ethnicities, ages, genders, and political alliances. Configurations of place, time, ethnicity, and alliances are complex, as in the story of an Indigenous man drafted into the Japanese military to fight in the Pacific Islands during World War II, and that of a Taiwanese pop star drawn into political conflict between Taiwan and China. The tales' attention to the layered, complex, and interwoven fabric of colonialism allows us to consider the degree to which Taiwan has moved into a post-colonial narrative"--

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.

Product details

• Authors: Niki J P Alsford, Niki J. P. Alsford, Niki J. P./ Lin Alsford
• Assisted by: Madeleine Yue Dong (Editor), William Lavely (Editor), James Lin (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2024
• EAN: 9780295752150
• ISBN: 978-0-295-75215-0
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Taiwan and the World; Taiwan Lives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories