The history of Taiwan / Xiaobing Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Xiaobing, author.

Series:

Greenwood histories of the modern nations.

Greenwood histories of the modern nations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taiwan--History.

Taiwan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2019.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

"This one-volume handbook explores the history of Taiwan, from its prehistory to its Japanese colonization to its tumultuous relationship with China in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Timeline of important events

A pearl in the Pacific Ocean

Pre-history and aboriginal cultures to 1100

Emperors, migrants, and pirates, 1100-1624

Formosa : the Dutch colony, 1624-1662

Zheng's control and the Qing's administration, 1647-1894

Japanese colonization, 1895-1945

From Colonial rule to authoritarian government, 1945-1950

Cold War island : conflicts and control, 1950-1975

After shock : reform and transformation, 1972-1995

Democratization and independence movement, 1996-2004

Taiwan in the new century

Notable people in the history of Taiwan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9798400665448

9798216098089

9781440861260

1440861269

OCLC:

1110142941