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The island of Taiwan has remained relatively untouched by European exploits in East Asia. It owes its Westernization to the Americans. Europe's present interest in Taiwan is influenced by two factors, namely the European allegiance to Beijing and the Taiwanese economic miracle. The links between Europe and Taiwan are therefore newly developed and essentially commercial and non-official in nature. The article highlights these somewhat tenuous links in Europe-Taiwan relationship, assesses the extent of their success and failure and investigates their durability and significance. (DÜI-Sen)

This year has seen the introduction of the digital bibliography online. This is a searchable database of all the bibliographies contained in the Urban History Yearbook and past numbers of this journal. Containing over 33,000 citations, this is an invaluable resource for research.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Debates and Speculations: The Competitive and Institutional Advantages of Holding Companies: British Businesses in the Inter-War Period -- Chapter 2 Debates and Speculations: Reflections on Robert Fitzgerald on Holding Companies -- Chapter 3 Corporate Structures and Holding Companies in Britain: Evidence, Comparison and Appraisal -- Retrospective: Large Firms, Organizational Structures and Comparisons within Business History -- Chapter 4 The Tank Producers: British Mechanical Engineering in the Great War -- Retrospective: The Tank Producers -- Index.

Vannicelli reviews 'Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe' edited by Brian Jenkins and Spyros A. Sofos.

Fosterage was a central feature of medieval Irish society, yet the widespread practice of sending children to another family to be cared for until they reached adulthood is a surprisingly neglected topic. Where it has been discussed, fosterage is usually conceptualised and treated as a purely legal institution. This work seeks to outline the emotional impact of growing up within another family. What emerges is a complex picture of deeply felt emotional ties binding the foster family together. These emotions are unique to the social practice of fosterage, and we see the language and feelings originating within the foster family being used to describe other relationships such as those in the monastery or between humans and animals. This book argues that the more we understand how people felt in fosterage, the more we understand medieval Ireland