Democracy remains a fragile flower watered by the blood and sweat of its adherents; yet once it has taken firm roots, it can withstand the strongest gales. In Taiwan, democracy has now reached that po
The Mapping of Taiwan, Desired Economies, Coveted Geographies traces how a beautiful island (Formosa, a.k.a. Taiwan) became involved in the desired economies of competing nations and how it subsequent
From the inside jacket of the book: Taiwan (Ihla Formosa) has long experienced the fate and of being an "island in the stream." Caught up and by numerous historical, cultural and physical crosscurrent
