Title |
Farmers' Friend: creating nationalist, Chinese farmers in rural 1950s Taiwan |
Publication Type |
thesis |
School or College |
College of Humanities |
Department |
History |
Author |
Burton, Troy David |
Date |
2008-11-03 |
Description |
In the early 1950s, the Nationalist government on Taiwan sought to generate support for their regime by turning farmers into modern, Nationalist citizens. Using the journal, the "Farmers' Friend," the Nationalist government and Taiwan's Provincial Farmers' Association presented themselves as friends to farmers by teaching them what it meant to be modern, Nationalist citizens. At the same time, the organization's director, Ma You-yue, provided a model for farmers to emulate. While the journal was a tool the Nationalists used to further state penetration, it also provided a limited space for farmers to express their concerns. This thesis looks at the citizen creation strategies the Nationalists used in the journal. Although these strategies were similar to those used during the Republican period to "awaken" Chinese citizens, Taiwan's unique experience required the Nationalists to emphasize Chinese culture over modernization. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
University of Utah |
Subject |
Nong you; Agriculture and state--Taiwan |
Dissertation Institution |
University of Utah |
Dissertation Name |
MA |
Language |
eng |
Relation is Version of |
Digital reproduction of "Farmers' Friend": creating nationalist, Chinese farmers in rural 1950s Taiwan" J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections HD30.5 2008 .B87 |
Rights Management |
© Troy David Burton |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
32,677,136 |
Identifier |
us-etd2,112250 |
Source |
Original: University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections |
Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson GT-30000 as 400 dpi to pdf using ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition. |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6gf184t |
Setname |
ir_etd |
ID |
193751 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gf184t |