书目名称 | Engineers and the Two Taiwans |
副标题 | The Abnormal Club |
编辑 | Kuo-Hui Chang,Gary Lee Downey,Bono Po-Jen Shih |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/321/320641/320641.mp4 |
概述 | Describes the evolution of the land and people of Taiwan from the perspectives of engineers and other technical workers.Explains how mainlander engineers and islander engineers in Taiwan began collabo |
丛书名称 | Synthesis Lectures on Global Engineering |
图书封面 |  |
描述 | .The identity of Taiwan is a matter of intense local and international debate. This book shows how engineers helped produce two distinct visions of the land of Taiwan and its people, elevating the value of engineering as a career path in the process. The book describes how the technical work of engineers, which typically avoids partisan politics, can actually contribute to partisan differences and conflict. In most countries, the rise of engineering is about the emergence of a single dominant vision of the country. In Taiwan, two distinct visions of the land and its people emerged, owing to the presence of two distinct geographical identities—islanders and mainlanders...The distributed mode of production in the electronics industry proved to be transformative and created an “abnormal boys’ club” of engineers, as one group called themselves. Because the two communities were influenced by contrasting geographical identities, they felt as though they were working for different Taiwans. .."What a book. Engineers and the Two Taiwans traces how engineers creatively crafted professional identities and pathways in the cracks of multiple, shifting empires – and in so doing helped create Tai |
出版日期 | Book 2025 |
关键词 | Taiwan; Engineers; electronics industry; geographical identity; China; Japan; islanders and mainlanders |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59766-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-59768-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-59766-4Series ISSN 2160-7664 Series E-ISSN 2160-7672 |
issn_series | 2160-7664 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |