Between Assimilation and Independence : The Taiwanese Encounter Nationalist China, 1945-1950 / Steven E. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Steven E., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.) : 2 maps

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Taiwan's relationship with mainland China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics, and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. Between Assimilation and Independence explores the roots of this conflict in the immediate postwar period, when the Nationalist government led by Jiang Jieshi took control of the island after fifty years of Japanese rule. It is the first in-depth examination of how the Nationalists consolidated their rule over Taiwan even as they collapsed on the mainland. During the 1945-50 period, the Taiwanese experienced disappointment with Nationalist misrule; struggles over decolonization and the Japanese legacy; a violent uprising and brutal government response; and the chaos surrounding Jiang Jieshi's retreat with his mainlander-dominated authoritarian regime. This book, based on archival materials newly available in Taiwan and the United States, shows how the Taiwanese sought to place the island between independence—becoming a sovereign nation—and assimilation into China as a province.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. Introduction

2. Creating a Colonial Legacy

3. Retrocession and the Debate over Taiwan's Place in China

4. The February 28 Incident: The Climax of Taiwanese Political Demands

5. Nationalist Consolidation and Local Self-Government, I948-I950

6. Taiwan's Elite Transformed

7. Conclusion and Epilogue

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2002-6

OCLC:

1294426287