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How Taiwan Became Chinese

Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century

by Tonio Andrade

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Preface Reader's Guide
Introduction 1. Taiwan on the Eve of Colonization 2. A Scramble for Influence 3. Pax Hollandica 4. La Isla Hermosa: The Rise of the Spanish Colony in Northern Taiwan 5. The Fall of Spanish Taiwan 6. The Birth of Co-Colonization 7. The Challenges of a Chinese Frontier 8. "The Only Bees on Formosa That Give Honey" 9. Lord and Vassal: Company Rule over the Aborigines 10. The Beginning of the End 11. The Fall of Dutch Taiwan Conclusion
Works Cited Appendix A: Weights, Measures, and Exchange Rates Appendix B: Governors-General, Governors, and Missionaries Appendix C: Income and Outlays in Dutch Taiwan Appendix D: Taiwan in Antique Maps Reference Map of Taiwan Media Index Book Index
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