Colonial Project, National Game (eBook)

A History of Baseball in Taiwan

Andrew D. Morris (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
290 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-94760-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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 politicians, cultural producers, and citizens as their national game. In considering baseball’s cultural and historical implications, Morris deftly addresses a number of societal themes crucial to understanding modern Taiwan, the question of Chinese "reunification," and East Asia as a whole.

Inhalt

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"
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
7. Conclusion: Baseball’s Second Century in Taiwan

Appendix: Taiwanese Professional Baseball Teams and National Origin of Foreign Players

Notes
Glossary of Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese Terms and Names
Selected Bibliography
Index
Photographs follow page

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Asia Pacific Modern
• Reihe/Serie: Asia Pacific Modern
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Asia • austronesian aborigines • Baseball • baseball history • Chinese Nationalist Party • Colonial era • Colonialism • Competition • Cultural History • Cultural impact • East Asia • easy to read • engaging • Ethnic history • government and governing • Han Chinese • Historical • Japanese colonialism • Japanese culture • modern history • modern taiwan • national game • Pacific • Political History • post war taiwan • Social History • Sports • Sports History • Taiwan • Taiwanese politics • team sports • World War II
• ISBN-10: 0-520-94760-6 / 0520947606
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-94760-3 / 9780520947603