The following books are recommended for the course in Taiwanese History as part of the International Master's in Taiwan Studies at National Chengchi University.
Taiwan: A New History
by Murray Rubenstein (Editor)
The Island of Formosa: Past and Present
by James Davidson
Japanese Rule in Formosa
by Yosaburo Takekoshi
The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945
by Ramon H. Myers (Editor), Mark R. Peattie (Editor)
Through Formosa
by Owen Rutter
Formosa Betrayed
by George Kerr
Taiwan: A Political History
by Denny Roy
China's Island Frontier: Studies in the Historical Geography of Taiwan
by Ronald G. Knapp (Editor)
Economic Development of Taiwan, 1860-1970
by Samuel P.S. Ho
In Taipei there are two good book stores where most of these titles should be available for sale.
Tai-uan e Tiam (台灣e店)
No. 6 Lane 76 Section 3 Xinsheng South Road, Taipei City (台北市新生南路三段76巷6號)
SMC (南天書局)
1F, No.14, Alley 14, Lane 283, Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 3, Taipei (台北市羅斯福路三段283巷14弄14號1樓)
PageOne bookshop in Taipei 101 also has a good selection. Otherwise try the various branches of Caves Books (敦煌書局) and Eslite (誠品書店) around the island.
There are a few other web pages with lists of useful books. Please check the links below.
You can also find some of these books at Google Books.
hey thanks for the reading
Submitted by Shan (not verified) on Sun, 2007-09-30 12:41.hey thanks for the reading list. Notice the authors are only foriegners, not Taiwanese? many Taiwanese scholars were killed in White Terror Period (228 incident). I am on the same page as you trying to learn Taiwan's history, sad to say the least, and there's so much to learn and so much truth and facts to recover...