ISBN: 9780520262799 - colonial project, national game: a history of baseball in taiwan (asia pacific modern, band 6) (8 Ergebnisse)

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. 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. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 290 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; WSBT; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556. . 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Zustand: New. xi 271 14 of lates Illus., Map.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 290 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. 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 sig.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 politicians, cultural producers, and citizens as their national game. In considering baseball's cultural and historical implications, Morris deftly addresses a number of societal themes crucial to understanding modern Taiwan, the question of Chinese 'reunification,' and East Asia as a whole.…