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Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 95.00This volume analyzes what is arguably the single most important aspect of cultural and political change in Taiwan over the past quarter-century: the trend toward 'indigenization' (bentuhua). Focusing on the indigenization of politics and culture and its close connection with the identity politics of ethnicity and nationalism, this volume is an attempt... more...
Forbidden Nation
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 24.95A gripping history of Taiwan and its tense relations with China more...
Legitimacy, Meaning and Knowledge in the Making of Taiwanese Identity
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 85.00Offers an approach to understanding the formation of Taiwan's identity. This work applies contemporary social theory and historiography to a detail on Taiwanese politics, culture and society. more...
The Politics of Locality
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 158.00This book is a critical examination of the socio-historical condition in which the discourse of local diversity emerged and gradually permeated Taiwan's public culture. Interweaving ethnographic sensibility and theoretical insights across disciplines, including anthropology, cultural studies and cultural geography, the study elucidates the complex... more...
The Spanish Experience in Taiwan, 1626-1642
Hong Kong University Press 2009; US$ 45.00Taiwan in the seventeenth century was a pivotal site of conflict between the expansionist Dutch and Spanish colonial empires. This book examines the economic and religious motives which brought the Spaniards to Taiwan from Manila in the first half of the century. Since 1624, Dutch expansion had been threatening the thriving trade between Fujian and... more...
Why Taiwan Matters
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011; US$ 31.99Written by a leading expert on Taiwan, Why Taiwan Matters offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to a country that exercises a role in the world far greater than its tiny size would indicate. Shelley Rigger explains how Taiwan became such a key global player, highlighting economic and political breakthroughs so impressive they have... more...
TAIWANISATION
World Scientific Publishing Company 2001; US$ 22.00Recent years have seen the emergence of a unique Taiwanese consciousness. What this so-called Taiwanisation is and how it came about are addressed in the first article. The evolution of this Taiwanese consciousness, and how it is perceived and presented by major political parties like the Democratic Progressive Party, the Kuomintang, the People First... more...
Uncharted Strait
Brookings Institution Press 2013; US$ 36.95The future of the Taiwan Strait is more wide open than at any other time in recent decades. Tensions between China and Taiwan have eased since 2008. But the movement toward full rapprochement remains fragile. Whether the two sides of the Strait can sustain and expand a cooperative relationship after years of mutual distrust and fear is still uncertain.... more...
Re-writing Culture in Taiwan
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95This 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 Studies?, and for thinking about how Taiwan might be re-configured in the future. As the study of Taiwan shifts from being a provincial back-water of... more...









