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

• Main Author: Eskildsen, Robert (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: New Directions in East Asian History,
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.