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Taiwan Lives
A Social and Political History
From a cradle of Austronesian expansion to the dynamic economic powerhouse and successful democracy it is today, Taiwan is layered in colonial histories. In Taiwan Lives, Niki J. P. Alsford presents a comprehensive examination of...
ISBN: 9780295752167
more detailsRural China on the Eve of Revolution
Sichuan Fieldnotes, 1949-1950
In 1949, G. William Skinner, a Cornell University graduate student, set off for southwest China to conduct field research on rural social structure. He settled near the market town of Gaodianzi, Sichuan, and lived there...
ISBN: 9780295999425
more detailsGood Wife, Wise Mother
Educating Han Taiwanese Girls under Japanese Rule
In Good Wife, Wise Mother, female education and citizenship serve as a lens through which to examine Taiwan’s uniqueness as a colonial crossroads between Chinese and Japanese ideas and practices. A latecomer to the age...
ISBN: 9780295752648
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