Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Cultivating And Exploiting A “Primitive” Island 11
6. Political Prospects in the Early Republic 33
7. From Globetrotters to Guerrillas 57
8. An Outrage OF Little Consequence 75
9. New Allies 95
10. Holding Aloft Hainan’S Red Flag 119
11. Sharing Victory 143
12. Bringing Hainan to the Nation’S Heel 163
13. Epilogue 185
14. Notes 189
15. Bibliography 219
16. Index 235