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

Author/creator Brown, Melissa J.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxvi, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Taiwan aborigines--Ethnic identity. --History.
Ethnicity--Taiwan. --History.
Ethnicity--China. --History. --20th century.
Nationalism--Taiwan. --History. --20th century.
Nationalism--China. --History. --20th century.
Chinese reunification question, 1949-
Tujia (Chinese people)--China. --Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou. --Ethnic identity. --History. --20th century.
Taiwan--Relations. --China.
China--Relations. --Taiwan.
Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou (China)--Ethnic relations. --History. --20th century.

SeriesBerkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 2
Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 2. ^A576050
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-301) and index.
LCCN 2003012763
ISBN0520231813 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520231821 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DS799.42 .B76 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold