The Taiwanese of Taipei
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3640490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert M Marsh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 571-584 |
| Publication date | 1968-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2051157 |
| OpenAlex | W2323003896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Students of Chinese society should devote more attention to urban Taiwan, for several reasons. First, whatever the relative significance of Taiwan and Communist China in the world, Taiwanese social life can at least be studied at first hand over a protracted period, and with relatively little interference. The events on the China mainland since 1950 are often described as "the most large scale experiment in social change in world history." Yet these events cannot be studied in the way social scientists prefer to do their research. Moreover, the most dramatic social events do not necessarily make the most important sociological problems; important breakthroughs in any science often come from the study of very mundane phenomena. Second, Taiwan is now, with Japan, Singapore and Malayasia, the most industrialized and economically developed of Asian countries. Urban Taiwanese are strategically significant in this context. Since Taiwan as a whole is becoming ever more urbanized and industrialized, knowledge of social life in metropolitan Taiwan today may provide the best clues as to the patterns toward which Taiwan as a whole will tend in the future. Third, Japanese sources describe many aspects of social structure in urban Taiwan a half century or more ago, and thereby provide comparative data on change over time in urban Taiwan. Such data have been little utilized thus far
China · Communism · Context (archaeology) · Developed country · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Mainland China · Metropolitan area · Political science · Politics · Population · Scale (ratio) · Social change · Sociology · Urbanization · Demography · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 1972 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |