{"product_id":"9781852079451","title":"Taiwan Political and Economic Reports, 1861-1960 (10 Volume Set)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese volumes provide an extensive and reliable research source for study of a 100-year period of Taiwanese history. The early reports cover the nineteenth-century years of Formosa as a part of China, as well as the brief period of independence in 1895, followed by the period up to World War II as a Japanese colony. The post-war reports are valuable in documenting the struggle between the Kuomintang, led by Chiang-kai-shek, and the Communist forces of Mao-tse-tung. The Nationalists, defeated on the mainland, brought to Taiwan the flag which had been adopted as the national flag of China from 1928-1949. These reports provide contemporary accounts of the military tensions of the early 1950s, the rivalry over the Chinese heritage and the unresolved status of Taiwan. The reports give a balanced picture of the different political and ethnic constituents in Taiwanese history, with information on the Chinese, Japanese and aboriginal communities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archive Editions Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039401558256,"sku":"9781852079451","price":5937.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781852079451_p0.jpg?v=1763596826","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781852079451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}