Outcasts of Empire
Japan's Rule on Taiwan's "Savage Border," 1874-1945
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Word Count
82,000 words, Guess
Page Count
328 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100520296214
- ISBN-139780520296213
- Library of Congress Control Number2017030926
- OCLC Control Number995355575
- Better World Books9780520296213
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27408805M
Classifications
- LCCDS799.42.B37 2018
- LCCDS799.42 .B37 2018
Description
"Outcasts of Empire probes the limits of modern nation-state sovereignty by positioning colonial Taiwan at the intersection of the declining Qing and ascending Japanese empires. Paul D. Barclay chronicles the lives and times of interpreters, chiefs, and trading-post operators along the far edges of the expanding international system, an area known as Taiwan's "savage border." In addition, he boldly asserts the interpenetration of industrial capitalism and modern ethnic identities. By the 1930s, three decades into Japanese imperial rule, mechanized warfare and bulk commodity production rendered superfluous a whole class of mediators--among them, Kondo "the Barbarian" Katsusaburo, Pan Bunkiet, and Iwan Robao. Even with these unreliable allies safely cast aside, the Japanese empire lacked the resources to integrate indigenous Taiwan into the rest of the colony. The empire, therefore, created the Indigenous Territory, which exists to this day as a legacy of Japanese imperialism, local initiatives, and the global commoditization of culture"--Provided by publisher.
Other Editions
- Outcasts of Empire: Japan's Rule on Taiwan's "Savage Border," 1874-1945
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