How Taiwan became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century

Taiwan on the eve of colonization -- A scramble for influence -- Pax Hollandica -- La Isla Hermosa: the rise of the spanish colony in northern Taiwan -- The fall of Spanish Taiwan -- The birth of co-colonization -- The challenges of a Chinese frontier -- "The only bees on Formosa that give hone...

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Main Author: Andrade, Tonio (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York [u.a.] Columbia Univ. Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:[Rezension von: Andrade, Tonio, How Taiwan became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century] (2010) (Brook, Tim)
Series/Journal:Gutenberg<e>
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Netherlands / Colonization / Taiwan / History 1600-1700
Further subjects:B Taiwan Colonization
B Taiwan History Dutch rule, 1624-1661
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Summary:Taiwan on the eve of colonization -- A scramble for influence -- Pax Hollandica -- La Isla Hermosa: the rise of the spanish colony in northern Taiwan -- The fall of Spanish Taiwan -- The birth of co-colonization -- The challenges of a Chinese frontier -- "The only bees on Formosa that give honey" -- Lord and vassal: company rule over the aborigines -- The beginning of the end -- The fall of Dutch Taiwan -- Conclusion
ISBN:023112855X