1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973291603321

Autore

Tsai Shih-shan Henry

Titolo

Lee Teng-hui and Taiwan's Quest for Identity / / by S. Tsai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005

ISBN

9786611367954

9781281367952

1281367958

9781403977175

1403977178

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

951.24/905/092

B

Soggetti

Asia - History

Asia - Politics and government

Political science

History, Modern

China - History

Asian History

Asian Politics

Political Science

Modern History

History of China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 his own self-preservation, or is he a hero who not only propelled Taiwan into a new era, but also constructed a new national identity for the islanders? Are the multi-ethnic islanders culturally 'Chinese' or are they 'Taiwanese'? Is Taiwan historically and politically part of 'China' or does it have its own history and identity, and deserves international recognition as an independent sovereign country?

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910891493703321

Titolo

Ars disputandi : AD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Utrecht, the Netherlands, : Utrecht University, ©2001-2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Title from title screen (viewed July 10, 2003).

"The online journal for philosophy of religion."



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960693103321

Autore

Borgman Christine L. <1951->

Titolo

From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure : access to information in the networked world / / Christine L. Borgman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2003, c2000

ISBN

0-262-25028-4

1-282-09611-7

0-262-25577-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Digital libraries and electronic publishing

Disciplina

025.5/24

Soggetti

Information superhighway

Digital libraries

Libraries - Special collections - Electronic information resources

Information superhighway - United States

Digital libraries - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - The Premise and the Promise of a Global Information Infrastructure -- 2 - Is It Digital or Is It a Library? Digital Libraries and Information Infrastructure -- 3 - Access to Information -- 4 - Books, Bytes, and Behavior -- 5 - Why Are Digital Libraries Hard to Use? -- 6 - Making Digital Libraries Easier to Use -- 7 - Whither, or Wither, Libraries? -- 8 - Acting Locally, Thinking Globally -- 9 - Toward a Global Digital Library: Progress and Prospects -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Sir Ranulph Fiennes can trace his lineage back to Charlemagne and he's related to Jane Austen. Eustache Fiennes fought for William the Conqueror ndash; but other Fiennes' were on Harold's side. One of his relatives, Geoffrey de Saye, was at the signing of the Magna Carta. Thomas Fiennes sat on the Jury at Anne Boleyn's trial, and was later hanged for deer poaching.Celia Fiennes wrote a journal of her horseback exploration of England and inspired the nursery rhyme 'Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross to see a Fiennes [fine] lady upon a white horse'. Ranulph's grandfather, was a fur trapper, a Canadian Mountie



and later served as Private Secretary to Winston Churchill. Ranulph's father was killed in Italy in 1943, four months before he was born.MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN is Sir Ranulph's personal expedition to trace the roots of this extraordinary family, which has been intimately involved in the major events of English history. His often eccentric ancestors have been an inspiration for his own life of adventure, and this personal history reveals another side to Ranulph himself.Abridged.