Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays, and Poems

Few people beyond the shores of Taiwan are aware that it is home to a population of indigenous peoples who for more than fifteen thousand years have lived on the island. Over the years, through the Chinese imperial period, the Japanese occupation, and for most of the twentieth century, the indigenous peoples of Taiwan were marginalized and deprived of rights. However, with the lifting of martial law in 1987, new government policies regarding ethnic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231136501
• ISBN13: 9780231136501
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher