This inter-disciplinary volume of essays opens new points of departure for thinking about how Taiwan has been studied and represented in the past, for reflecting on the current state of ‘Taiwan Studie
The island of Taiwan, named Formosa by the Portuguese, was first colonized by the Dutch East India Company in 1624. Chiu (history National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan) has combed both Taiwan
The 1997 transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from British colonial rule to a Special Administrative Region (SAR) under the People’s Republic of China captured America’s worried attention. Yet more
This book examines the complex relationship between the state, society and business in China, focusing on the experience of the island province of Hainan. This island, for many years a provincial back
Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Leo Ou-fan Lee offers an insider’s view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture t
Taiwan had strategic value in the nineteenth century, but it stood in the crossfire of imperialism from Japan as well as Western powers. Gordon (Chinese history emeritus, Purdue U.) analyzes the seemi
Kagan (history emeritus, Hamline U.) believes that Lee, the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1988 to 2000, is largely misunderstood. Lee took an authoritarian state through the rigors
The last decade of the twentieth century witnessed rapid changes not only in global politics but also in Taiwan's quests for new identities. The notorious martial law was lifted in July 1987, and long
Now in paperback, Madame Chiang Kai-shek is the first biography of one of history’s most intriguing and controversial political figures. Beautiful, brilliant, and captivating, Madame Chiang Kai
Hong Kong has always been something of an anomaly, and an outpost of empire, whether British or Chinese. Once described as a barren island, the former fishing community has been transformed by its own
John Carroll's engrossing and accessible narrative explores the remarkable history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administra
John Carroll's narrative explores the history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic
"The volume describes the identity struggle both girls faced following their 1917 graduation from Wellesley. Following Emma's visit to China, the friendship continued through their correspondence. Emm
This brilliantly crafted narrative explores the roots of violence in Chinese rural society over the past seven hundred years, based on the study of a single highland county, Macheng, Hubei province,
The first study of colonial Taiwan in English, this volume brings together seventeen essays by leading scholars to construct a comprehensive cultural history of Taiwan under Japanese rule. Contributor
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is located on the southeastern coast of China, and the Macao SAR can be found off of China's southern coast. Both regions
Presents the life of the wife of China's Nationalist leader, who was a powerful political figure in her own right who helped to modernize China in the 1930s.
Presents the life of the wife of China's Nationalist leader, who was a powerful political figure in her own right who helped to modernize China in the 1930s.
In an engaging, revisionist study, John M. Carroll argues that in the century after the Opium War, Hong Kong's colonial nature helped create a local Chinese business elite.By the end of the nineteenth
