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A History of Taiwan

March 22, 2015

Book by Hung, Chien-chao Sale Price:$62.46 888658380X
Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement

March 22, 2015

The Venerable Cheng-yen is an unassuming Taiwanese Buddhist nun who leads a worldwide social welfare movement with five million devotees in over thirty countries—with its largest branch in the United States. Tzu-Chi (Compassion Relief) began as a tiny, grassroots women’s charitable group; today in Taiwan it runs three state-of-the-art hospitals, a television channel, and a […]
Two Societies in Opposition: The Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China After Forty Years (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

March 22, 2015

The essays in this book employ a multidisciplinary approach to systematically compare the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. Sale Price:$16.50 0817990917
Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis

March 22, 2015

Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will have profound ramifications in its relationship with China as well as in relations between […]
Doctors within Borders: Profession, Ethnicity, and Modernity in Colonial Taiwan

March 22, 2015

This book explores Japan’s “scientific colonialism” through a careful study of the changing roles of Taiwanese doctors under Japanese colonial rule. By integrating individual stories based on interviews and archival materials with discussions of political and social theories, Ming-cheng Lo unearths the points of convergence for medicine and politics in colonial Taiwan. Sale Price:$39.95 0520229460
Playing in Isolation: A History of Baseball in Taiwan

March 22, 2015

Despite the political instability characterizing twentieth-century Taiwan, the value of baseball in the lives of Taiwanese has been a constant since the game was introduced in 1895. The game first gained popularity on the island under the Japanese occupation, and that popularity continued after World War II despite the withdrawal of the Japanese and an […]
Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West

March 22, 2015

For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a crossroads 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 […]
Distinguished Service: Lydia Chapin Kirk, Partner in Diplomacy, 1896-1984 (Adst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy)

March 22, 2015

When her husband is offered the assignment of U.S. Naval attache in London in 1939, Lydia Chapin Kirk packs up her family and embarks on a lifelong journey, one in which she becomes a firsthand witness to the extraordinary world events of her time. Kirk’s historical memoir offers a fascinating portrait of a remarkable life, […]
Making Microchips: Policy, Globalization, and Economic Restructuring in the Semiconductor Industry (Urban and Industrial Environments)

March 22, 2015

In Making Microchips, Jan Mazurek examines the environmental and economic implications of the computer microchip industry’s exodus from California’s Silicon Valley to New Mexico, Virginia, Ireland, and Taiwan. Globalization, economic restructuring, and changing manufacturing processes in this rapidly growing industry present difficult new questions for environmental policy. Mazurek challenges the assumptions of U.S. policies designed […]
Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse

March 22, 2015

Now in an updated paperback edition, Why Taiwan Matters offers a comprehensive but compact introduction to a country that exercises a role in the world far greater than its tiny size would indicate. Leading expert Shelley Rigger explains how Taiwan became such a key global player, highlighting economic and political breakthroughs so impressive they have […]

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