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1 online resource (xii, 256 pages : map) |
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Cornell paperbacks |
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Anthropology of contemporary issues |
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Anthropology of contemporary issues.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: p. 231-250. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Access |
Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Chinese Romanizations -- [1] Introduction -- [2] Fieldwork in Taiwan: Becoming a Little Chinese -- [3] An Island of Immigrants -- [4] The Changing Political Economy under the Nationalists -- [5] Working for a Living -- [6] Home and Family -- [7] Women and Men, Old and Young -- [8] Folk Religions, Old and New -- [9] Education, the Great Escape -- [10] Conclusions -- Source Materials on Taiwan -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Taiwan's working class has been shaped by Chinese tradition, by colonialism, and by rapid industrialization. This book defines that class, explores that history, and presents with sensitive honesty the life experiences of some of its women and men. Hill Gates first provides a solid and informative introduction to Taiwan's history, showing how mainland China, Japan, the convulsions of twentieth-century wars, and the East Asian economic expansion interacted in forming Taiwanese urban life. She introduces nine individuals from Taiwan's three major ethnic groups to tell the stories of their lives in their own words. The narrators include a fortuneteller, a woman laborer, and a retired air force mechanic. A former spirit medium and a janitor are among the others who speak. |
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Taiwan -- Social life and customs -- 1975-
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Taiwan -- Social conditions -- 1975-1988.
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Working class -- Taiwan.
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Working class.
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Travailleurs.
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Taiwan.
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Taiwan -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 1975-
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Taiwan -- Conditions sociales -- 1975-1988.
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Travailleurs -- Taiwan.
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working class.
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workers.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Manners and customs
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Social conditions
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Working class
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Taiwan
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Gesellschaft
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Taiwan
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Chinezen.
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Arbeidersklasse.
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Sociaal-economische situatie.
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Travailleurs -- Taiwan.
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Taiwan -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 1945-....
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Taiwan -- Conditions sociales -- 1945-....
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1975
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| Indexed Term |
Taiwan Working classes Social conditions |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 0801494613 9780801494611 0801420563 9780801420566 (DLC) 87047597 (OCoLC)15654501 |
| ISBN |
0801494613 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780801494611 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0801420563 (hard : alk. paper) |
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9780801420566 (hard : alk. paper) |
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9781501719912 |
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1501719912 |
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9781501727900 |
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1501727907 |
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