Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945: History, Culture, Memory

Edited by Ping-hui Liao and David Der-Wei Wang

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October, 2006
Cloth, 432 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13798-0
$55.00 / £38.00

"Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945 presents original research of very high quality on the cultural history of the period of Japanese colonial administration of Taiwan. I am not aware of any other work on the topic that comes close to duplicating this book's range and sophistication. The value of these papers is evident in the theoretical and empirical contributions that they make to numerous relevant fields of scholarly concern." — Edward Gunn, Cornell University

"Gathering some of the most authoritative scholars on the subject from Taiwan, Japan, and the United States as contributors, Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945 is a pioneering project long overdue in the English language that offers an in-depth analysis and account of the many facets of Japanese colonialism in Taiwan. Any future book on the subject will have to be judged in relation to this volume. It is crucial reading for scholars and students of Japanese studies, Taiwanese studies, and Chinese studies on the one hand, and studies of colonialism and postcoloniality on the other." — Shu-mei Shih, author of Visuality and Identity: Sinophone Articulations Across the Pacific

Related Subjects

• Asian History
• Cultural Studies
• East Asian Studies

Series

• Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

About the Author

Liao Ping-hui is professor of general literature at National Tsinghua University in Taiwan. He is the author of nine books in Chinese and the coeditor of Blackwell's International Cultural Studies (2005).David Der-wei Wang is the Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University and the director of the CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinology. He is the author of many books, including The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China.

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