Taiwan: A New History

by Murray A. Rubinstein

This is a comprehensive portrait of Taiwan. It covers the major periods in the development of this small but powerful island province/nation. The work is designed in the style of the multi-volume "Cambridge History of China".

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

450 pages, Hardcover

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