Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 271 p)
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ill., 1 map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1403977178
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1403970564
Content:
The book is an account of Taiwan's evolving national consciousness told through the biography of its former President Lee Teng-hui - the central figure in the island's political transformation over the past two decades. In describing the broader historical and social context of the various stages of Lee's life, the book also analyzes Taiwan's own evolution during the past century as a Japanese colony, a Leninist party-state dictatorship, and then an American-inspired fledgling democracy. The book explores such questions as: Is Lee Teng-hui an opportunistic recidivist who is interested only in
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Illustrations of Maps and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Taiwan at the Birth of Lee Teng-hui; 2 The Japanese Education of a Taiwanese Economist; 3 Clenched in the Jaws of War and Massacre: Lee Teng-hui's Sorrowful Years, 1944-47; 4 The Making of a Scholar; 5 Lee Teng-hui's Conversion to Christianity and Kuomintang; 6 First Taste of Power; 7 Governor and Vice President, 1981-87; 8 The Presidency of Lee Teng-hui, 1988-93; 9 Leading Taiwan to Democratic Consolidation; 10 Epilogue; Notes; Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Characters; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403970565
Additional Edition:
Print version Lee Teng-Hui and Taiwan's Quest for Identity
Language:
English
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