Taiwan
Subtitle: nation-state or province?
By: John F. Copper.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Nations of the modern world.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Taiwan; Taiwan -- International status
Description: In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, John Copper provides a comprehensive introduction to Taiwan. The book highlights Taiwan's unique attributes: its uneasy status as a nation-state, its successful trade-oriented economy - despite a lack of natural resources - its rapid transition to democracy in the wake of economic development, and its ambiguous relationship with the United States.

Considering Taiwan's international role in the post-Cold War era, Copper weighs the future of this small but vital island nation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: The land and the people; title: History; title: Society and culture; title: Political system; title: The economy; title: Foreign and military policies; title: the future.