Becoming Taiwanese : ethnogenesis in a colonial city, 1880s to 1950s / Evan N. Dawley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawley, Evan N., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 420.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 420

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--Taiwan--Keelung City--History--19th century.

Ethnicity.

Ethnicity--Taiwan--Keelung City--History--20th century.

Nationalism--Taiwan--History.

Nationalism.

Colonies.

History.

Keelung City (Taiwan)--Social conditions--19th century.

Keelung City (Taiwan).

Keelung City (Taiwan)--Social conditions--20th century.

Japan--Colonies--Asia.

Japan.

Social conditions.

Asia.

Taiwan.

Taiwan--Keelung City.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 413 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019.

Summary:

"Examines the first era of Taiwanese identity construction, the first half of the twentieth century, in a place that served as a crucible for new identities, the northern port city of Jilong (Keelung). Part colonial urban social history, part exploration of the relationship between modern ethnicity and nationalism, offering important new answers to questions of ethnic identity formation"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Building and populating a vanguard city

"Love of city and love of self" : constructing identities in the crucible of Jilong

"Civilization enters here" : local elites, social organizations, and the reterritorialization of Jilong

Sacred spaces : religions and the construction of identities

Realms of welfare : social work and border defense

Defining new boundaries in the reconstruction of Jilong, 1945-1947

Ethnicity, nationalism, and the re-creation of Jilong, 1945-1955

Epilogue : History, memory, and the usage and utility of Taiwanese ethnicity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-390) and index.

ISBN:

9780674237209

067423720X

OCLC:

1048660595