Social Sciences, Anthropology

Tanners Of Taiwan

Name: Tanners Of Taiwan
Author: Scott Simon
ISBN: 9780813341934

by Scott Simon, Charnan Simon

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Synopsis

An ethnography of the leather-tanning industry in Southern Taiwan, Tanners of Taiwan examines what it means to be Chinese.

About the Author, Scott Simon

Scott Simon is the host of NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. He has reported stories from all fifty states and every continent, covered ten wars, from El Salvador to Iraq, and has won every major award in broadcasting. He is the author of Home and Away, a memoir, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, and the novel Pretty Birds. He lives with his wife, Caroline, and their daughters, Elise and Lina.