Empire of infields : baseball in Taiwan and cultural identity, 1895-1968 /
John J. Harney.
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 212 pages).
Includes bibliographies and index.
A Japanese sport in the colony -- Waseda baseball and Japan's place in the world -- Barnstormers or emissaries of empire? -- The road to Koshien -- KANO -- Chiang's China and Taiwanese baseball -- Echoes of empire -- Hongye.
"A history of baseball in colonial Taiwan, examining the sport's role in twentieth-century globalization, its use as a political outlet, and its contribution to Taiwan's complex cultural identity"--
9781496215352
Baseball--History.--Taiwan Baseball--Political aspects--Taiwan. Group identity--Taiwan. Sports and globalization--Taiwan.