Empire of Infields: Baseball in Taiwan and Cultural Identity, 1895-1968

239 Pages·2019·1.121 MB·English

by  John J. Harney

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EM PI RE of
I N FI E LD S
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E M P I R E
of
I N F I E LD S
Baseball in Taiwan and Cultural Identity, 1895– 1968
John J. harney
University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln
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© 2019 by the Board of Regents of the University of
Nebraska. Parts of chapter 4, “The Road to Kōshien,”
chapter 5, “Kanō,” and chapter 8, “Hongye,” feature in
“Youth Baseball and Colonial Identity in Taiwan, 1920–
1968,” which appeared in nine: A Journal of Baseball
History and Culture 22, no. 1 (Fall 2013): 20–43. All rights
reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Harney, John J., author.
Title: Empire of infields: baseball in Taiwan and
cultural identity, 1895– 1968 / John J. Harney.
Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,
[2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: lccn 2018047890
isbn 9780803286825 (cloth: alk. paper)
isbn 9781496215338 (epub)
isbn 9781496215345 (mobi)
isbn 9781496215352 (pdf)
Subjects: lcsh: Baseball— Taiwan— History. |
Baseball— Taiwan—P olitical aspects. | Group
identity— Taiwan. | Sports and globalization— Taiwan.
Classification: lcc gv863.795.a1 h37 2019 |
ddc 796.3570951249— dc23 lc record available at
https:// lccn .loc .gov /2018047890
Set in Lyon Text by Mikala R. Kolander.
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Contents
Note on Transliteration and Choice of Team Names ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: National Games xv
1. A Japanese Sport in the Colony 1
2. Waseda Baseball and Japan’s Place in the World 25
3. Barnstormers or Emissaries of Empire? 43
4. The Road to Kōshien 65
5. Kanō 83
6. Chiang’s China and Taiwanese Baseball 101
7. Echoes of Empire 119
8. Hongye 137
Conclusion: Baseball’s Long Goodbye 157
Notes 165
Bibliography 193
Index 207
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Note on Transliteration and Choice of Team Names
This book follows the standard practice in the field of utilizing Hanyu
Pinyin transliterations for Chinese- language words, names, and places.
Exceptions are made for certain Taiwanese individuals known predom-
inantly in English by names using other transliterative methods— for
example, Chiang Kai- shek. Furthermore, Chinese- language terms are
preferred when possible. For example, the city of Hualian is referred to
using its Chinese- language name when both the colonial and postwar
periods are being discussed, rather than the Japanese form, Karenkō,
for the period prior to 1945. When citing team names, I have sought
to utilize either the contemporary usage or usage that has become
common in the present historiography. For example, the Jiayi Agri-
culture and Forestry Institute team is regularly referred to in Chinese-
language sources by the Japanese name Kanō rather than the Chinese
title, Jianong.
ix
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