A Brief History of Taiwan

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By Huang Fu-san
Professor, Department of History, National Taiwan University
Researcher, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica

CONTENTS

	INTRODUCTION
	CHAPTER 1: The Period of Early Inhabitants - The Orphan of East Asia and a Self-Sufficient Society
	Chapter 2: 15th Century Onwards - An East Asian Commercial Hub and Base for Fishermen, Businessmen, and Pirates
	Chapter 3: The Dawning of Modernity Under the Colonial Rule of Holland and Spain; Complementary Roles Played by the Dutch and Han Chinese Give Rise to a New Taiwan (1624-1662; 1664-68)
	Chapter 4: First Han Government—Jheng Island Kingdom (1661-1683)
	Chapter 5: The Manchu Occupation of Formosa and the Ching Court’s Plans for Integrating it into the Empire; the Sinicization of Taiwan (1683-1895)
	Chapter 6: Colonization and Modernization under Japanese Rule (1895-1945)
	Chapter 7: The Transformation of Taiwan under the Republic of China
	Chapter 8: The First Democracy in the Chinese World: The Kaohsiung Incident and Taiwan’s “Political Miracle”
	Chapter 9: Where to Go?----International Crisis of Taiwan and Taiwan-China Relations
	Chapter 10: Conclusion