Formosan Odyssey
Taiwan, Past and Present
Until the early twentieth century, Taiwan was one of the wildest places in Asia. Its coastline was known as a mariners' graveyard, the mountainous interior was the domain of headhunting tribes, while the lowlands were a frontier area where banditry, feuding, and revolts were a way of life. Formosan Odyssey captures the rich sweep of history through the eyes of Westerners who visited and lived on the island - from missionaries, adventurers, lighthouse keepers, and Second World War PoWs, to students coming to study martial arts. It finishes with the story of Taiwan's economic miracle, the political transition from police state to vibrant democr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78869-163-5
- EAN: 9781788691635
- Produktnummer: 32900290
- Verlag: Camphor Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 258 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.7 cm 475 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 475
Über den Autor
John Ross was born in New Zealand in 1968. He has spent most of the past quarter century living in and writing about Asia. His extensive travels - undertaken alone and far off the beaten track - include exploration in Papua New Guinea, dispatches from the Karen insurgency in Burma, and searches in the Gobi Desert and Altai Mountains on the trail of an ancient Mongolian myth. Ross lives in a small town in Taiwan, the subject of his recently reissued Formosan Odyssey. His latest book is You Don't Know China. When not writing, reading, or lusting over maps, he can be found working on the family farm.
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