Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents 1
4. 1. Through Tara’s Halls: The Beginnings of Copyright 3
5. 2. Pan Ch’uan: Literary Property in the East 17
6. 3. A Lick and a Promise: First Attempts at Resolution 29
7. 4. EB and the Gathering Storm 40
8. 5. Ames and Industry Response 53
9. 6. The Political and Diplomatic Fronts 65
10. 7. The Carrot and the Stick: Reactions on Taiwan 77
11. 8. And Never the Twain . . . : Negotiations Flounder 88
12. 9. With Opium and Gold: The Smuggling of Books 100
13. 10. Hope Springs Eternal . . . : New Efforts to Bargain 113
14. 11. Dashed Hopes and Greater Chaos: The Situation Worsens 128
15. 12. This Point Whither: The Present Scene and Current Trends 142
16. Appendix: Death of a President; a Case Study 147
17. Index 151