In this Book
- Colonial Project, National Game: A History of Baseball in Taiwan
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: Asia Pacific Modern
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- Map of Taiwan
- pp. xiv-xv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 249-272
- Production Notes
- p. 286
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520947603
Related ISBN(s)
9780520262799
MARC Record
OCLC
673417615
Pages
290
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No