Engineers and the two Taiwans : the abnormal club / Kuo-Hui Chang, Gary Lee Downey, Bono Po-Jen Shih.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Guohui, author.

Downey, Gary Lee, author.

Shih, Bono Po-Jen, author.

Series:

Synthesis lectures on global engineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Taiwan.

Engineering.

Engineers--Taiwan.

Engineers.

National characteristics, Taiwan.

Physical Description:

xxv, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2025]

Summary:

"The identity of Taiwan is a matter of intense local and international debate. This book shows how engineers helped produce two distinct visions of the land of Taiwan and its people, elevating the value of engineering as a career path in the process. The book describes how the technical work of engineers, which typically avoids partisan politics, can actually contribute to partisan differences and conflict. In most countries, the rise of engineering is about the emergence of a single dominant vision of the country. In Taiwan, two distinct visions of the land and its people emerged, owing to the presence of two distinct geographical identitiesislanders and mainlanders. The distributed mode of production in the electronics industry proved to be transformative and created an abnormal boys club of engineers, as one group called themselves. Because the two communities were influenced by contrasting geographical identities, they felt as though they were working for different Taiwans"--Publisher's description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3031597656

9783031597657

OCLC:

1428703755