Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan's Computing Industry (Paperback)

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Embracing Electronics, 1950s
1 Network Reset: Restoring a University for Engineering
2 Negotiating Technical Aid: “Immediate and Direct” Results of Science and Engineering Education
Part II Emulating Humming Machines, 1960s
3 Tinkering with a Technological System: Mainframe Computers from Afar
4 Grappling with Machines: Late Adoption of Computers in Taiwan’s Military Alliance with the United States
5 Manufacturing Hope: Explorations in Making Minicomputers and Calculators from Scratch
Part III Technology Inscribed, 1970s–1990s
6 Assembling Electronics: Women’s Memories, Men’s Factories
7 Mass-producing Calculators: Solderers, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs
8 Incompatible Computer Dreams: Contested Computer Exports to the United States
9 The Republic of Computers: From Scoundrels to Asian Heroes
10 TSMC and the New Geopolitics of the 21st Century
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Glossary of Selected Chinese Names
Appendix: Archives and Other Collections
Notes
Bibliography
List of Figures
Index