Description |
1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Note |
"Five of the essays ... expanded from papers presented at the 1977 meeting of the Association of American Geographers"--Page [ix]. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-287) and indexes. |
Contents |
Part one : Migration and rural settlement -- From aboriginal island to Chinese frontier : the development of Taiwan before 1683 / Wen-hsiung Hsu -- Cultural contact and the migration of Taiwan's aborigines : a historical perspective / I-shou Wang -- Settlement and frontier land tenure / Ronald G. Knapp -- Chinese settlement of the I-lan Plain / Cho-yun Hsu -- Frontier social organization and social disorder in Ch'ing Taiwan / Wen-hsiung Hsu -- Sequent occupance and place names / Chiao-min Hsieh -- Part two : Urbanization and economic integration -- Walled cities and towns in Taiwan / Tao-chang Chiang -- Lu-kang : a city and its trading system / Donald R. Deglopper -- Development and structure of transportation networks in Taiwan : 1600-1972 / Yi-rong Ann Hsu, Clifton W. Pannell, James O. Wheeler -- Push car railways and Taiwan's development / Ronald G. Knapp -- Sugar : the sweetener in Taiwan's development / Jack F. Williams. |
Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
Subject |
Taiwan -- Historical geography.
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Taiwan. |
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Historical geography. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Knapp, Ronald G., 1940-
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Association of American Geographers.
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Other Form: |
Print version: China's island frontier. Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii and Research Corp. of the University of Hawaii, ©1980 082480743X (DLC) 80018578 (OCoLC)1014201746 |
ISBN |
9780824880040 (electronic book) |
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0824880048 (electronic book) |
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082480743X |
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9780824807436 |
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