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Zusatztext "Engaging and well-written . . . a major contribution." Informationen zum Autor Andrew D. Morris is Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at California Polytechnic State University! San Luis Obispo. He is the author of Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China (UC Press) and coeditor of The Minor Arts of Daily Life: Popular Culture in Taiwan. Klappentext "Morris successfully weaves the intricacies of baseball's history into a compelling narrative while giving us a keen analysis of its larger significance. It is rare to find someone who can pull that off. This is an absorbing and distinguished addition to sports history! to Taiwanese history! and to studies of colonialism and its aftermath."-William Kelly! Yale University " Colonial Project! National Game offers an engaging and penetrating analysis of the culture of baseball in Taiwan! in both its local and global conditions. Morris weaves details into a compelling narrative that is as much about the game on the field as the game being played out in the arenas of ethnicity! nationalism and geopolitics. Morris's study is a model of sophistication and lucidity. He demonstrates that through a perceptive reading of the mundane world of curve balls and player contracts! we can better understand the ideological substructure of the social."-Joseph R. Allen! University of Minnesota! Twin Cities Zusammenfassung Introduced by the Japanese colonial government at the turn of the century, baseball was expected to 'civilize' and modernize Taiwan's Han Chinese and Austronesian Aborigine populations. This work traces the game's social, ethnic, political, and cultural significance since its introduction on the island more than one hundred years ago. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Map of Taiwan Introduction 1. Baseball in Japanese Taiwan! 1895-1920s 2. Making Racial Harmony in Taiwan Baseball! 1931-1945 3. Early Nationalist Rule! 1945-1967: "There's no Mandarin in baseball" 4. Team of Taiwan! Long Live the Republic of China: Youth Baseball in Taiwan! 1968-1969 5. "Chinese" Baseball and Its Discontents! 1970s-1980s 6. Homu-Ran Batta: Professional Baseball in Taiwan! 1990-Present 7. Conclusion: Baseball's Second Century in Taiwan Appendix: Taiwanese Professional Baseball Teams and National Origin of Foreign Players Notes Glossary of Chinese! Japanese! and Taiwanese Terms and Names Selected Bibliography Index Photographs follow page ...
