Taiwan: A New HistorySince its initial publication in 1999, Taiwan: A New History has established itself as the book of choice on the history of Taiwan. Conceived as a cohesive and interconnected set of interpretive and narrative essays, it is the most integrated, comprehensive, and accessible history of Taiwan published in any Western language. The contributors are the very best people in their specialties, drawn from North America, Europe, and Asia. This new edition expands the coverage from where the first edition ended in 1995 to 2006. It includes new material on democratization, party politics, and the independence movement. Collectively, the chapters take the reader from the geographical and climatological setting, through the stages of premodern history and contact with China and the West, through the Japanese occupation, to the successful establishment of a modern state. |
Contents
Preface to the Expanded Edition | vii |
Introduction | ix |
The Shaping of Taiwans Landscapes | 3 |
The Politics of Taiwan Aboriginal Origins | 23 |
Up the Mountains and Out to the Sea The Expansion of the Fukienese in the Late Ming Period | 41 |
The SeventeenthCentury Transformation Taiwan Under the Dutch and the Cheng Regime | 80 |
The Island Frontier of the Ching 16841780 | 103 |
From Landlords to Local Strongmen The Transformation of Local Elites in MidChing Taiwan 17801862 | 129 |
A Bastion Created A Regime Reformed An Economy Reengineered 19491970 | 312 |
Identity and Social Change in Taiwanese Religion | 331 |
Taiwans Socioeconomic Modernization 19711996 | 358 |
Literature in Post1949 Taiwan 1950 to 1980s | 395 |
Aboriginal SelfGovernment Taiwans Uncompleted Agenda | 411 |
Political Taiwanization and Pragmatic Diplomacy The Eras of Chiang Chingkuo and Lee Tenghui 19711994 | 428 |
Taiwan Enters Troubled Waters The Elective Presidencies of Lee Tenghui and Chen Shuibian | 488 |
Resonating Themes in Taiwans History | 528 |
From Treaty Ports to Provincial Status 18601894 | 159 |
Taiwan Under Japanese Rule 18951945 The Vicissitudes of Colonialism | 197 |
Taiwanese New Literature and the Colonial Context A Historical Survey | 253 |
Between Assimilation and Independence Taiwanese Political Aspirations Under Nationalist Chinese Rule 19451948 | 267 |
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Index | 537 |
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