TY - BOOK AU - Tsai,Shih-shan Henry TI - Maritime Taiwan: historical encounters with the East and the West SN - 0765623285 PY - 2009/// CY - Armonk, N.Y. PB - M.E. Sharpe KW - History -- General -- Taiwan -- Maritime Encounters N1 - "An East Gate book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index; Taiwan's seventeenth-century rulers: the Dutch, the Spaniards, and Koxinga -- Trading networks: Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and coastal China -- British footprints on Taiwan: consulates, trading firms, and Presbyterian churches -- A strategic vantage point: the French campaign in Taiwan -- Late to the scene: the United States arrives in Taiwan -- The roots of the Japanese empire: the colonization of Taiwan -- Taiwan during World War II: from colony to haven -- Postwar Taiwan: the growing American presence and influence UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008020050.html ER -