Colonial project, national game: a history of baseball in Taiwan
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Main Author: Morris, Andrew D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press ©2011
Series:Asia Pacific modern
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; 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"; Photographs; 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; Conclusion: Baseball's Second Century in Taiwan; Appendix: Taiwanese Professional Baseball Teams and National Origin of Foreign Players
In this engrossing cultural history of baseball in Taiwan, Andrew D. Morris traces the game's social, ethnic, political, and cultural significance since its introduction on the island more than one hundred years ago. 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. After World War II, the game was tolerated as a remnant of Japanese culture and then strategically employed by the ruling Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Even as it was also enthroned by Taiwanese
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 271 pages, [14] pages of plates)
ISBN:0520262794
0520947606
9780520262799
9780520947603

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