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Author Simon, Scott, 1965-

Title Tanners of Taiwan : life strategies and national culture / Scott Simon
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Westview, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 172 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Westview case studies in anthropology
Westview case studies in anthropology.
Contents Series Editor Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Transliteration of Mandarin and Taiwanese; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO HISTORICAL CONTEXTS; CHAPTER THREE SOCIAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER FOUR TANNERS AND FAMILY FIRMS; CHAPTER FIVE CORPORATE AND FIRM NETWORKS; CHAPTER SIX WOMEN AND ENTERPRISE; CHAPTER SEVEN WORKERS AND BOSSES; CHAPTER EIGHT CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT AND NATIONAL IDENTITY; CHAPTER NINE POLITICAL MOVEMENTS -- TOWARD A FREE TAIWAN; Appendix I: Glossary; Appendix II: The Labor Process of Leather Tanning; References; Index
Summary An ethnography of the leather-tanning industry in Southern Taiwan, Tanners of Taiwan examines what it means to be Chinese
Analysis Tanning (leather)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index
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Subject Ethnology -- Taiwan.
Group identity -- Taiwan
Tanners -- Taiwan
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Ethnology
Group identity
Tanners
Taiwan
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005278050
ISBN 9780813345758
0813345758
1283261448
9781283261449
9780429976629
0429976623
9786613261441
6613261440
9780429965548
0429965540