Maritime Taiwan
Subtitle: historical encounters with the East and the West
By: by Shih-shan Henry Tsai.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Armonk, N. Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780765623287
Subjects: Taiwan -- Relations -- Foreign countries
Description: "For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a cross-roads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers from around the world. Unlike China, with its long tradition of keeping foreigners out, Taiwan has a long history of interaction, both hostile and friendly, with other seafaring nations near and far. 'Maritime Taiwan' captures the full drama and details of this remarkable history. [It] also discusses the significant impact of American military, economic, educational, and technological aid on Taiwan's development, and addresses the island's continued importance in maintaining the U.S. hegemony in East Asia."--Publisher description.
Notes: "An East Gate Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Taiwan's seventeenth-century rulers: the Dutch, the Spaniards, and the pirate Koxinga; title: Trading networks: Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and coastal China; title: British footprints on Taiwan: consulates, trading firms, and Presbyterian churches; title: The French campaign in Taiwan; title: The United States arrives in an unstable Taiwan in the nineteenth century; title: The roots of the Japanese empire: the colonization of Taiwan; title: Taiwan during World War II; title: Postwar Taiwan: the growing American presence and influence.