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Author Brown, Melissa J., author.

Title Is Taiwan Chinese? : the impact of culture, power, and migration on changing identities / Melissa J. Brown.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 2
Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-301) and index.
Contents What's in a name? : culture, identity, and the "Taiwan problem" -- Where did the aborigines go? : reinstating plains aborigines in Taiwan's history -- "We savages didn't bind feet" : culture, colonial intervention, and long-route identity change -- "Having a wife is better than having a god" : ancestry, governmental power, and short-route identity change -- "They came with their hands tied behind their backs" : forced migrations, identity changes, and state classification in Hubei -- Theory and the politics of reunification : understanding past choices and future options.
Summary In a unique comparison of studies drawn from both Taiwan and China, Brown's book shows how identity is shaped by social experience - not culture and ancestry, as is commonly claimed in political rhetoric.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Chinese reunification question, 1949-
Taiwan aborigines -- Ethnic identity -- History.
Taiwan aborigines.
Ethnicity.
History.
Ethnicity -- Taiwan -- History.
Taiwan.
Ethnicity -- China -- History -- 20th century.
China.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Taiwan -- Relations -- China.
Relations.
China -- Relations -- Taiwan.
Nationalism -- Taiwan -- History -- 20th century.
Nationalism.
Nationalism -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Chinese reunification question, 1949-
Tujia (Chinese people) -- China -- Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 20th century.
Tujia (Chinese people)
China -- Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou.
Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou (China) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Brown, Melissa J. Is Taiwan Chinese?. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004 0520231813 0520231821 (DLC) 2003012763 (OCoLC)52386167
ISBN 9780520927940 (electronic book)
052092794X (electronic book)
1417508191 (electronic book)
9781417508198 (electronic book)
9780520231818 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520231813 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780520231825 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0520231821 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
159734687X
9781597346870
0520231813 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520231821 (paperback ; alkaline paper)