Books on Taiwan: something for everyone

[Ecaps]

I just finished George Kerr's Formosa: Lisenced Revolution and The Home Rule Movement, 1895-1945. Absolutely must-read stuff for those interested (it's 40 years old, so I suspect many have already read this. I'm hardly a trail-blazer). I wrote some thoughts about the book over at my blog. Link is below.

[StevenCrook]

Anybody know anything about this book? Ever heard of the editor, A.G. Armstrong?

http://www.amazon.com/History-of-Taiwan ... _pr_sims_t

[petrarch1603]

Has anybody read "Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory over the West" by Tonio Andrade? Its a book about Koxinga's seige of the Dutch fort at Anping. It seems like its another book trying to cash in on the growing interest between the conflict of China and the west. I'm kinda interested in reading it, but $20 usd for the ebook version is a little steep. The reviews say that there are a lot of maps and pictures. If anyone has a copy of it I'd be interested in taking a look at it.

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Colony-Untold-Chinas-Victory/dp/0691144559/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC?ie=UTF8&coliid=I12MFP7QURKZJ6&colid=3E8K55FW25IDJ

[Taffy]

I bought it at the book exhibition recently, but I haven't read it yet. Andrade's Why Taiwan Became Chinese is probably the clearest, most concise overview of the Dutch/Spanish era, so when I saw his new one I bought it without even flicking through it. I'll come back with a report once I'm done.

[Taffy]

Anybody know anything about this book? Ever heard of the editor, A.G. Armstrong?

http://www.amazon.com/History-of-Taiwan ... _pr_sims_t

Looks like it could be one of those "cobbled from Wikipedia" jobs.

[Colonel FOG]

Excellent work Maowang. (After being away from this forum for a month or so, it's nice to come back and see the addition of a well-informed person such as yourself).

Not a forum poster by any means, but wanted to add compliment to Maowang (Elvis Presley??? I thought he was dead!), and to add that:

The ROC Ministry of National Defense produced a set of some 15 or so books in 2009, both English and Chinese versions, that are well worth reading for anyone interested in the Military History of Taiwan (ROC). They include the words "An Oral History" in all titles, and contain many personal accounts acquired through interviews of the persons involved. Sadly, they are currently out-of-print, but I am trying to get them to rerun the lot. If you run across a copy of one, pick it up. Some of the titles are:

• "The Immortal Flying Tigers"
• "The Vietnam War"
• "The 1958 Quemoy Crisis"

[taiwanreporter]

I have just published an English/Chinese book called 'Taiwan: Snapshots of Democracy in Action' (我鏡頭下的民主時刻).

Living in Taiwan, during the last few years I have been intrigued by all the demonstrations and social movements trying to raise awareness for their causes and to change Taiwan's society. At the same time, some government actions have made even more people voice their disagreement.

I realized that many Taiwanese (and people abroad) are not really aware of all that has been going on. So I decided to compile this book with 80+ photos, to highlight some key moments 2008-2012.

For example, who still knows what CKS Hall looked like when there was an exhibition on Taiwan's democracy movement, which was taken down in 2008?

The place to preview and order the printed book as well as the eBook (iPad) is http://www.taiwanreporter.com/book