Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. Preface XI
5. List of Acronyms XXIII
6. 1. Language, society, and the state: Defining the terrain 1
7. 2. Towards a political sociology of language 33
8. 3. The coming of the state: Taiwan encounters China and Europe 75
9. 4. State against society: The Japanese and KMT regimes 109
10. 5. Democratization, pluralism, and multilingualism 150
11. 6. Globalization, neoliberalism, and immigration 191
12. Epilogue 228
13. Appendix: Languages in Taiwan 237
14. Bibliography 239
15. Index 262