Isle of Time

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Thematic Collections

Dutch and Spanish Colonial Taiwan: Maritime Trade, Missionaries, and Indigenous Encounters (1624–1662)

Sea and Fortress

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Koxinga and the Zheng Dynasty: The First Han Chinese Government on Taiwan (1662–1683)

The Tungning Dynasty

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Taiwan Under the Qing Empire: Migration, Rebellion, and Modernization (1683–1895)

Imperial Frontier

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Japanese Colonial Taiwan: Resistance, Modernization, and Wartime Mobilization (1895–1945)

Under the Rising Sun

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Taiwan Under the Regime Transition: Postwar, Takeover, and Order Reconstruction (1945–1949)

Light and Shadow

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Taiwan Under Martial Law: White Terror, Cold War, and Economic Takeoff (1950–1979)

The Silent Island

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Taiwan at the End of Martial Law: The Dangwai Movement, Street Protest, and Direct Presidential Elections (1980–1999)

Breaking the Silence

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Democratic Deepening, Transitional Justice, and Taiwanese Identity

New Formosa

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Columbia Records and the Birth of Taiwanese-Hokkien Popular Song (1925–1937)

The Gramophone Era

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Taiwanese-Hokkien Song Under Kōminka and Total War (1937–1945)

Variations Under Wartime Fire

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Cover Songs and the Revival of Taiwanese-Hokkien Music (1945–1970)

Postwar Revival and the Return of Taiwanese-Hokkien Song

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Campus Folk Songs and the Rise of Mandopop (1970s–1980s)

The Campus Folk Era

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The New Taiwanese Wave, Indie Music, and Contemporary Voices (1990–Present)

New Taiwanese Wave and the Contemporary Era

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