An Introduction to Taiwanese Society and History: A Critical Review of Recent Anthropological Studies

The Republic of China, with 18 million inhabitants, is an economically viable island nation, with a variety of ethnic ties to the Chinese mainland. About 85% of the Taiwanese are descendants of immigrants who have been arriving from the mainland since the seventeenth century, most from the southeast...

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Published in:Études rurales 1983-01, Vol.89 -- 91, p.145-167
Main Author: Beillevaire, Patrick
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Ethnic/Ethnically
History/Historic/Historical
Taiwan
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Summary:The Republic of China, with 18 million inhabitants, is an economically viable island nation, with a variety of ethnic ties to the Chinese mainland. About 85% of the Taiwanese are descendants of immigrants who have been arriving from the mainland since the seventeenth century, most from the southeastern provinces of Fukien & Kwangtung. Many more immigrants from all parts of China fled to the island during the Revolution of 1949. There are also about 300,000 descendants of the original Malayan-Polynesian group, already present before the seventeenth century. Most of the Taiwanese live on the densely populated western coastal strip. French sociological & anthropological studies of Taiwan have been hampered by the lack of formal diplomatic ties between France & the Republic of China. An annotated bibliography is presented of research on Taiwan since 1958. 33 References. M. Meeks.
ISSN:0014-2182
DOI:10.3406/rural.1983.2908