Transnational Taiwan [electronic resource] : Crossing Borders into the 21st Century / by David Pendery.

Chapter 1.Transnationalism: An overview and a look at Taiwan -- Chapter 2.Out of Taiwan: A Transnational Take -- Chapter 3.The Silk Road: The First Appearance of Transnationalism? -- Chapter 4.Colonialism, Imperialism: The Next Phase of Transnationalism -- Chapter 5.Out of SE Asia: A New Transnational Network -- Chapter 6. Transnational Experience: Indigenous Peoples, Reprise -- Chapter 7. Transnational Governance -- Chapter 8.Taiwan and Transnational Governance -- Chapter 9.Transnational Immigration -- Chapter 10.Transnational Business and Work -- Chapter 11.Transnational Subjectivity -- Chapter 12.Transnational Conflict, Security and Militarization -- Chapter 13.Stephen Toulmin's View on Transnationalism -- Chapter 14. Transnational Education -- Chapter 15.My Taiwanese Students Speak -- Chapter 16.Conclusion.

This book is a study of transnationalism, focusing on experience of migrants, immigrants, travelers, expatriates, aliens, evacuees, refugees, and nomad in the world, broadly, and Taiwan, particularly. Offering an entirely new framework for what Taiwan as a contested transnational space means for Asia-a heterotopia, in which multiple visions of politics and society can flourish-Dr. Pendery's refreshing vision offers insights for scholars of greater China, international relations, and the economics of the region. Pendery establishes a dialog and debate in the book pitting Samuel P. Huntington, Stephen Toulmin, and Edward W. Said, broadly examining their views of these ideas and issues. David Pendery grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, moving to San Francisco in 1984, and obtaining his B.A. in International Relations at San Francisco State University. He received an M.S. in Journalism at Boston University. He relocated to Taipei, Taiwan in 2000, and obtained his Ph.D. in English literature at National Chengchi University in Taipei. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages at National Taipei University of Business. He is married to a Taiwanese woman, and they have a five-year-old daughter.