Transforming Empire in Japan and East Asia The Taiwan Expedition and the Birth of Japanese Imperialism /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Eskildsen, Robert (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: New Directions in East Asian History,
• Θέματα: Japan-History.; World history.; Imperialism.; History of Japan.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.

This book examines the history of a military expedition the Japanese government sent to southern Taiwan in 1874, in the context of Japan's subordination to Western powers in the unequal treaty system in East Asia. It argues that events on the ground in Taiwan show the Japanese government intend...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Part I: The regional context of the Taiwan Expedition
• From portals to borders
• A justification for colonization
• Planning an expedition to Taiwan
• The decision to go to Taiwan
• Part II: On the ground in Taiwan
• Spies and explorers
• Punishing the "savages"
• The fading dream of colonization
• Part III: Defending the expedition
• Negotiating a settlement
• Justifying the expedition in the Japanese media
• Conclusion.