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Through Formosa
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Author : Owen Rutter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
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Through Formosa
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Author : Rutter Owen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901
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Through Formosa
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Author : Owen Rutter
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-28
Through Formosa written by Owen Rutter and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-28 with History categories.
Excerpt from Through Formosa: An Account of Japan's Island Colony His book, let me say at once, does not pretend to be a record of thrilling adventures or of hairbreadth escapes; nor does it pretend to be a standard work on Formosa. It is the work of a passer-by, who does not profess to have an intimate and exhaustive knowledge of the country such as can be attained only after many years' residence; it is an account of a journey through a beautiful and fascinating, but little-known, island to which foreigners are not usually encouraged to go, an introduction to its romantic history, to its rich natural resources, and to the unhappy story of the fortunes of the brown people who dwell upon its jungle hills. Thanks to the courtesy of the Government of Formosa I was privileged, during my visit to the island, to look through many windows which ordin arily would have been closed to the traveller, and by the light of my knowledge of other Eastern colonies I have tried to show how in thirty years the Japanese have succeeded, m'arvellously succeeded, in develop ing economically what was, when they first took possession of it, little more than a wilderness; and to show too how they have failed, for all their good intentions, in their attempt to settle and administer the native tribes, made intractable by centuries of tyranny and oppression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Pioneering In Formosa
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Author : William Alexander Pickering
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
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Notes Of Travel In Formosa
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Author : Charles William Le Gendre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Notes Of Travel In Formosa written by Charles William Le Gendre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Taiwan categories.
Among The Head Hunters Of Formosa
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Author : Janet B. Montgomery McGovern
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-09
Among The Head Hunters Of Formosa written by Janet B. Montgomery McGovern and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-09 with Fiction categories.
This ethnological research done by Janet McGovern records a trip taken a few years earlier in Taiwan. From 1916 to 1918, she walked off the beaten track to find the stories and lives of the aborigines of Taiwan. This study mainly focuses on social organization and costumes of the Indigenous inhabitants of Taiwan.
Lord Of Formosa
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Author : JOYCE. BERGVELT
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04-26
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The year is 1624. In southwestern Taiwan the Dutch establish a trading settlement; in Nagasaki a boy is born who will become immortalized as Ming dynasty loyalist Koxinga. Lord of Formosa tells the intertwined stories of Koxinga and the Dutch colony from their beginnings to their fateful climax in 1662. The year before, as Ming China collapsed in the face of the Manchu conquest, Koxinga retreated across the Taiwan Strait intent on expelling the Dutch. Thus began a nine-month battle for Fort Zeelandia, the single most compelling episode in the history of Taiwan. The first major military clash between China and Europe, it is a tale of determination, courage, and betrayal - a battle of wills between the stubborn Governor Coyett and the brilliant but volatile Koxinga. Although the story has been told in non-fiction works, these have suffered from a lack of sources on Koxinga as the little we know of him comes chiefly from his enemies. While adhering to the historical facts, author Joyce Bergvelt sympathetically and intelligently fleshes out Koxinga. From his loving relationship with his Japanese mother, estrangement from his father (a Chinese merchant pirate), to his struggle with madness, we have the first rounded, intimate portrait of the man. Dutch-born Bergvelt draws on her journalism background, Chinese language and history studies, and time in Taiwan, to create an irresistible panorama of memorable characters caught up in one of the seventeenth century's most fascinating dramas.
Pioneering In Formosa
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Author : William Alexander Pickering
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-07
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Excerpt from Pioneering in Formosa: Recollections of Adventures Among Mandarins, Wreckers,& Head-Hunting Savages Since I began this descriptive account of Formosa, important changes have taken place in the Far East. Owing to the utter collapse of the Chinese army, Formosa, by the Treaty of Shimonoseki, has been handed over to the Japanese, who, after an interval of 300 years, have been able to re-occupy the island. There can be little doubt that the change of government will ultimately benefit the Japanese, the inhabitants of Formosa, and the civilised world generally, but hitherto the conquerors have not achieved any great results. This, however, cannot surprise anyone who is acquainted with the real state of things. The Chinese governed the portion of the island under their control merely for the benefit of the officials, and in many parts of Formosa within the Chinese pale anarchy prevailed for generations. However much the Chinese inhabitants may have been oppressed by their own mandarins, it is certain that they will not submit quietly even to just and good government, when exercised by a nation whom they have been accustomed to call 'dwarf slaves.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Formosa
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Author : William G. Goddard
language : en
Publisher: [East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press
Release Date : 1966
Formosa written by William G. Goddard and has been published by [East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with History categories.
Taiwan, China. Historical and general study. Political problems and wars. Successive waves of refugees from the mainland. Governments, economic development and cultural factors. Studies of political leadership. Maps. Bibliography pp. 222 and 223.
Formosa
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Author : George H. Kerr
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2019-03-31
Formosa written by George H. Kerr and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-31 with History categories.
Peking ceded Formosa to Japan in 1895, whereupon Japan became the first Asian power in modern times to possess a colony, and the island became a testing ground for imperial policies. For two centuries the Formosan Chinese had resisted authority imposed upon them by inefficient continental Chinese. Now, Tokyo extended to insular Formosa many organizing, modernizing measures characterizing Japan's own vigorous Meiji Revolution. During the next fifty years, as living standards rose to approach those of Japan proper, early leaderless Formosan resistance to alien rule developed into organized appeals for effective representation in local government and at Tokyo. With reversion to continental Chinese control at the end of World War II, Formosans expected to conserve and enhance gains made during the Japanese era. Bitter disappointment promptly led again to rebellious relations with the continent. The author, long resident in Formosa and exclusively concerned with Formosan affairs while in government service during and after World War II, is well qualified to comment upon Formosa's history and prospects. He concludes that the Japanese era left an ineradicable mark upon the island people, an understanding of which will illuminate developments when Peking later undertakes the formidable task of converting Formosa into a fully disciplined and integrated province of the People's Republic of China.