Taiwan in the twentieth century
Subtitle: a retrospective view
By: edited by Richard Louis Edmonds and Steven M. Goldstein.
Contributors: Edmonds, Richard L.; Goldstein, Steven M.
Series: The China quarterly special issues -- new ser., no. 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Taiwan -- History -- 20th century
Other titles: Taiwan in the 20th century
Description: This collection brings together a group of experts on Taiwan who attempt to analyze change on this dynamic island during the twentieth century. Thus, in contrast to many works on Taiwan, this collection reveals how important the Japanese colonial antecedents were to the formation of today's Taiwan and illuminates the complexity of the problems this island will face in the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.