Taiwan: A New History (Taiwan in the Modern World

by Murray A. Rubinstein

This book explores Taiwan's development from its beginnings as a political entity to a home for a Mingloyalist regime, to its centuries as a Ch'ing prefecture and province, to its half-century as a Japanese possession, and to fifty years as the home of the Kuomintang-controlled Republic of China.

Genres: History, China, Nonfiction, Asia, Japan, Politics

534 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

Reviews

[Patrick]

This is a large edited volume of chapters written by different experts on various aspects of Taiwanese history, going all the way back to the Dutch colonial era. Some of the chapters are good introductions to their topics, while others are very detailed studies of things like literary movements and economic development. It’s good for pulling out more focused studies on whatever aspects of Taiwan’s history you may be interested in.

[Shawn]

It’s like reading the dictionary (complimentary)

[andreas]

read for school, re-read for work