history of taiwan - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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A Short History of Taiwan: The Case for Independence

Book by Gary Marvin Davison; Praeger, 2003

Subjects:

Taiwan--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

A Short History of Taiwan A SHORT HISTORY OF TAIWAN The Case for Independence Gary Marvin Davison PRAEGER...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Davison. Gary Marvin, 1951- - A short history of Taiwan : the case for independence / Gary Marvin Davison. p...
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The Changing of the Guard: President Clinton and the Security of Taiwan

Book by Martin L. Lasater; Westview Press, 1995

Subjects:

Clinton, Bill--1946-, Taiwan--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Taiwan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...objectives? 3. What is the U.S. role in the defense of Taiwan? In what ways, if any, should that role change in the post-Cold War period? The Taiwan issue is clouded by history and ambiguity. The Kuomintang KMT and the Chinese...
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The Kuomintang and the Democratization of Taiwan

Book by Steven J. Hood; Westview Press, 1997

Subjects:

Chung-Kuo Kuo Min Tang, Democracy--Taiwan, Democratization--Taiwan, Taiwan--Politics And Government--1988-

Collections: Entire Library

...China on Taiwan Lanham...University Press of America...Turbulent History . Taipei...Cheng-chih Yu Taiwan Min-chu Hua...Political History of China , 1...Reminiscences of Wu Kuo-cheng...Chinese Oral History Project...Lih-wu, Taiwan Today...
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Culture and Customs of Taiwan

Book by Gary Marvin Davison, Barbara E. Reed; Greenwood Press, 1998

Subjects:

Taiwan--Civilization, Taiwan--History, Taiwan--Social Life And Customs

Collections: History, Entire Library

Taiwanese society is in the midst of an immense, exciting effort to define itself, seeking to erect a contemporary identity upon the foundation of a highly distinctive history. This book provides a thorough overview of Taiwanese cultural life. The introduction familiarizes students and interested ...
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Taiwanese society is in the midst of an immense, exciting effort to define itself, seeking to erect a contemporary identity upon the foundation of a highly distinctive history. This book provides a thorough overview of Taiwanese cultural life. The introduction familiarizes students and interested readers with the island's key geographical and demographic features, and provides a chronological summary of Taiwanese history. In the following seven chapters, readers gain insight into Taiwanese customs and culture through its thought and religion; kinship and marriage systems; literature and art; architecture; festivals and leisure activities; music and dance; cuisine and fashion. The final chapter presents the most recent information regarding children and education, and explores the importance of the Taiwanese family in the context of meaningful relationships amongst acquaintances, friends, and institutions that make up the social universe of the Taiwanese.
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International Capital Movements and the Developing World: The Case of Taiwan

Book by Chich-Heng Kuo; Praeger Publishers, 1991

Subjects:

Capital Movements--History, Capital Movements--Taiwan, Financial Institutions--Taiwan, Investments, Foreign--Taiwan

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Written by a distinguished scholar and Taiwanese government official, this case study examines Taiwan's success in balancing inward and outward capital flow in a manner that has stimulated domestic development, stabilized the national economy, and created a growing trade surplus. Providing legal and ...
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Written by a distinguished scholar and Taiwanese government official, this case study examines Taiwan's success in balancing inward and outward capital flow in a manner that has stimulated domestic development, stabilized the national economy, and created a growing trade surplus. Providing legal and policy analysis as well as information on the impact of specific types of regulation, Kuo outlines a method for evaluating the costs and benefits of foreign exchange controls and explores possible applications for economic development in other countries.
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Balcom, John, and Yingtsih Balcom, Editors, Translators. Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays and Poems

Journal article by Erika Kaneko; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 65, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays and Poems (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...unless he shares this revisionist view of history. One last minor gripe. The Austronesian...own design systems and a color palette of yellow, red, and green; I am disappointed...research on the Austronesian peoples of Taiwan for half a century, they may not irritate...
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Scott Simon, Tanners of Taiwan: Life Strategies and National Culture

Journal article by Susan M. Belcher; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 43, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Tanners of Taiwan: Life Strategies and National Culture (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...p., Index. Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography and social history of people working in...is well versed on the history of Taiwan. Thus, the book is not...weakness. Another aspect of Taiwanese history and identity that is...
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Political Economy of Income Distribution: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Mexico

Journal article by He Li; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 28, 2000

Subjects:

Economic development--Analysis, Income distribution--Analysis, Industry--Analysis, Mexico--Economic policy, Poverty--Analysis, Taiwan--Economic policy, Wages--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...unskilled workers. Unlike the case of Taiwan, neoliberal reform increased inequality...exports tend to accrue to a small proportion of the economically active population. The...important economic events in recent Mexican history. In recent years, Mexico has witnessed...
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Gilles Guiheux. Les Grands Entrepreneurs Prives a Taiwan: La Main Visible De la Prosperite (the Great Private Entrepreneurs of Taiwan: Prosperity's Visible Hand)

Journal article by Vincent Kelly Pollard; China Review International, Vol. 10, 2003

Subjects:

Les grands entrepreneurs prives a Taiwan: La main visible de la prosperite (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...grands entrepreneurs prives a Taiwan will attract business-history specialists and generalists...trope, the "invisible hand" of capitalism. (6) Pro-industrialization...a resource for students of Chinese and Taiwanese business history and sociology. Vincent...
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The Formosan Language Archive: Development of a Multimedia Tool to Salvage the Languages and Oral Traditions of the Indigenous Tribes of Taiwan

Journal article by Elizabeth Zeitoun, Ching-Hua Yu, Cui-Xia Weng; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 42, 2003

Subjects:

Archives--Management, Linguistics--Research, Taiwan--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Archives Program in Taiwan, under which Weng...on-going, with the help of Tai-hua chu (Saisiyat...Structure. Institute of History and Philology, Special...langues aborigenes de Taiwan. English version...1997a. Coding of grammatical relations...the institute of History and Philology, 68...

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Unnatural Increase? A Short History of Population Trends and Influences

Magazine article by Robert Engelman; World Watch, Vol. 21, September 2008

Subjects:

Birth control--History, Birth control--Political aspects, Population growth--Forecasts and trends, Population growth--International aspects, Population policy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...first time in human history assured reversible prevention of pregnancy without...are anything but history. When I traveled...heard the stories of poorly supplied...Catholic island nation of Malta followed Japans...1960s. Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong...
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The Lost Tribe: This Is the Second and Concluding Part of Amani Olubanjo Buntu's Wide Ranging Piece on the History of the African Glory and Downfall in Asia, the Merit of Which Is to Question the White European Scholars' View of African Civilisations. You May Agree or Disagree with the Views Expressed. but They Give Food for Thought

Magazine article by Amani Olubanjo Buntu; New African, November 2003

Subjects:

African history--Analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...China Africans called "black dwarfs" appear in early history of China. According to the research of Rashidi, the first...African people throughout Eastern and Southern China. In Taiwan, there are recollections of a group of people now said...
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Taiwan: The Little Island That Could

Magazine article by Anne F. Thurston; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 20, Summer 1996

Subjects:

China--Relations with Taiwan, Taiwan--History

Collections: Entire Library

...leader of Taiwan - or any Chinese...000 years of history. The results...of Chinese history, Chinas undisputed...periphery of its heartland...But today, Taiwan and Hong Kong...famine in history. Between 27...population of Taiwan at that time...
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Taiwan and Mainland China

Magazine article by Peter Kien-Hong Yu; Contemporary Review, Vol. 278, June 2001

Subjects:

Autonomy--Taiwan, China--Relations with Taiwan, International relations--Taiwan, Taiwan--Relations with China, Taiwanese--Political activity

Collections: Entire Library

...regarded as a marginal or peripheral place in Chinese history. When Chen spoke about Taiwan standing up in his inaugural speech and his followers...Peter Kien-hong YU is a Senior Research Fellow of the East Asian Institute at the National University...
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Taiwan: What China Really Wants

Magazine article by Ross H. Munro; National Review, Vol. 51, October 11, 1999

Subjects:

China, Chinese (Taiwan) foreign relations--China, Chinese (Taiwan) foreign relations--United States, Chinese foreign relations--Taiwan, Taiwan, United States, United States foreign relations--Taiwan

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...dominate Asia as every Chinese dynasty at the height of its power had done throughout history. Now as in the past, "dominate" for the Chinese...subservience. Suddenly, the Beijing regime saw Taiwans autonomy-its de facto independence, so to speak-in...

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Chinese View of Taiwan Is a Disgrace for Democracy

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 1, 1998

Subjects:

China, Taiwan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...China define the terms of debate over Taiwan. Mr. Shuning and the communist leaders he represents have no concept of what rights are. The violent repression...view democratic rights and freedom. The history of the communist government in China...
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Legitimacy Is Crux of Taiwan Issue

Newspaper article by Gus Constantine; The Washington Times, June 22, 2001

Subjects:

China, Taiwan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...people. This history dating back to the collapse of imperial China, Taiwan says, confers...a century of Cold War history that underlies the China-Taiwan dispute, few...the Republic of China. IMPORTANT EVENTS IN TAIWANS HISTORY Pre-1400s...
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TRAVEL: MAID IN TAIWAN; Fish, History and Foot Rubs on the Island of Mountains

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 4, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

TRAVEL: MAID IN TAIWAN; Fish, History and Foot Rubs on the Island of Mountains. Byline...country. My first port of call is the picturesque...Moon Lake. Often in Taiwan you find it difficult to escape the countrys history, and so it proved...
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India, China Try to Overcome History of Mistrust: Jiang Visit Yields Four Pacts, but Much Is Left to Do

Newspaper article by Brahma Chellaney; The Washington Times, December 7, 1996

Subjects:

China, India, Jiang Zemin

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

India, China try to overcome history of mistrust: Jiang visit yields four pacts, but much is left to do...the use of ballistic missiles as instruments of terror against Taiwan last March and the earlier occupation of Mischief Reef in the disputed...
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Analysts Downplay Threat Beijing Poses to Taiwan

Newspaper article by Richard Halloran; The Washington Times, May 15, 2000

Subjects:

China, Taiwan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Allied forces required for the invasion of Normandy from Britain in 1944, the largest amphibious operation in history, and what would be available for Chinas Peoples Liberation Army to invade Taiwan in 2000. The conclusion: The PLA almost certainly...

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Taiwan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...province, which includes all of Taiwan except for the cities of Taipei and Kaohsing and a...79-member provincial assembly. History Early History through World War II The origins of Taiwans Austronesian aborigines are...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...States, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. Chinas economy, though strengthened by...country is governed under the constitution of 1982 as amended, the fifth constitution...themselves and limit citizens rights. History Origins and Early History The stone...
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Japan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...imperial Japan, with acquisition of Taiwan and the Pescadores and also of the...1955, repr. 1962); G. B. Sansom, A History of Japan (3 vol., 1958 63); D. Keene...H. P. Mason and J. G. Caiger, A History of Japan (1973); H. Passin, Society...
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Asia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...occurred in Japan and the "Four Little Dragons" Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The economies of Thailand, Indonesia, and South China are booming...tungsten, antimony, coal, and oil. Outline of History Asia was the home of some of the worlds...
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Communism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Bibliography See M. Beer, The General History of Socialism and Social Struggles...ed. 1967); F. W. Houn, A Short History of Chinese Communism (1967); R. Dunajevskaya...V. Daniels, ed., A Documentary History of Communism (2 vol., rev. ed. 1988...

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