Taiwan Lives

A Social and Political History

AvNiki J. P. Alsford,James Lin

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Stories of migration, displacement, democratization, and transformationFrom a cradle of Austronesian expansion to the dynamic economic powerhouse and successful democracy it is today, Taiwan is layered in colonial histories. In Taiwan Lives, Niki J. P. Alsford presents a comprehensive examination of the island nation’s rich and complex past, told through the life stories of those who have lived it.A merchant, an exile, an activist, a pop star, a doctor, and a president are just some of the twenty-four individuals whose lives populate this people's history of Taiwan. Ranging across time, social strata, ethnicity, and political alliance, these tales offer snapshots of historical eras and illustrate the interwoven fabric of colonialism. Chapters can be read in sequence or individually. With clear and accessible prose, Taiwan Lives is ideal for undergraduate course use.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-03-19
Mått:152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Taiwan and the World
Antal sidor:302
Förlag:University of Washington Press
ISBN:9780295752167

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Niki J. P. Alsford is professor of Asia Pacific studies and head of Asia Pacific Institutes at the University of Central Lancashire. He is author of Transitions to Modernity in Taiwan: The Spirit of 1895 and the Cession of Formosa to Japan.

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"One of the strengths of this work lies in its narrative strategy. Biography, when used with care, can dismantle myths more efficiently than polemic. . . . The book also succeeds in taking Indigenous voices seriously. Unlike many surveys of Taiwanese history, which grant Aboriginal communities a cameo in the opening act before moving on to Han-centric statecraft, Taiwan Lives reintroduces Indigenous agency throughout. . . . [The book] deserves to be read widely, by students, yes, and by anyone who still believes that nations are made through the quiet accumulation of human decisions, human failings and human endurance. Alsford has given Taiwan something many contested entities still lack: a history told from within."