National culture and its discontents: The politics of heritage and language in Taiwan, 1949-2003

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 786-815

  Wang, Horng Luen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LANGUAGE; NATIONALISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 8744278918     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0010417504000362     Document Type: Article

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