| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 271 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map. |
| Series |
Asia Pacific modern |
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Asia Pacific modern.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Map of Taiwan; Introduction; 1. Baseball in Japanese Taiwan, 1895-1920s; 2. Making Racial Harmony in Taiwan Baseball, 1931-1945; 3. Early Nationalist Rule, 1945-1967: "There's no Mandarin in baseball"; Photographs; 4. Team of Taiwan, Long Live the Republic of China: Youth Baseball in Taiwan, 1968-1969; 5. "Chinese" Baseball and Its Discontents, 1970s-1980s; 6. Homu-Ran Batta: Professional Baseball in Taiwan, 1990-Present; Conclusion: Baseball's Second Century in Taiwan; Appendix: Taiwanese Professional Baseball Teams and National Origin of Foreign Players. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Taiwan -- History.
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Baseball players -- Taiwan -- History.
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Baseball.
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Baseball players.
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History.
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Taiwan.
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Sport & Recreation.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
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Baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00828007
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Taiwan. (OCoLC)fst01207854
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morris, Andrew D. Colonial project, national game. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520262799 (DLC) 2010012580 (OCoLC)607083795 |
| ISBN |
9780520947603 (electronic bk.) |
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0520947606 (electronic bk.) |
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