Jonathan Clements

Rebel Island (eBook, ePUB)

The incredible history of Taiwan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle - and the renewed threat of invasion by China.Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a ball of mud , Taiwan has a modern GDP larger than that of Sweden, in a land area smaller than Indiana. It is the last surviving enclave of the Republic of China, a lost colony of Japan, and claimed by Beijing as a rogue province merely the latest chapters in its long history as a refuge for pirates, rebels, settlers, and outcasts.Jonathan Clements examines the unique conditions of Taiwan s archaeology and indigenous history, and its days as a Dutch and Spanish trading post. He delves into its periods as an independent kingdom, Chinese province, and short-lived republic, and the transformations wrought by 50 years as part of the Japanese Empire. He examines the traumatic effects of its role as a lifeboat in 1949 for two million refugees from Communism, and the conflicts emerging after the suspension of four decades of martial law, as its people debate issues of self-determination, independence, and home rule.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781761385483
• Artikelnr.: 72337688

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Clements presented several seasons of Route Awakening, National Geographic's award-winning TV series about Chinese history and culture. He is the author of many acclaimed books, including Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty, Confucius: a biography, and The Emperor's Feast: a history of China in twelve meals. He has also written histories of both China and Japan, two countries that have, at some point, claimed Taiwan as their own. From 2013 to 2019, Clements was a visiting professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University. He was born in the East of England and lives in Finland.