Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- 1. Language, society, and the state: Defining the terrain -- 2. Towards a political sociology of language -- 3. The coming of the state: Taiwan encounters China and Europe -- 4. State against society: The Japanese and KMT regimes -- 5. Democratization, pluralism, and multilingualism -- 6. Globalization, neoliberalism, and immigration -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Languages in Taiwan -- Bibliography -- Index