Taiwan in Japan''s Empire-Building - An Institutional Approach to Colonial Engineering

Informationen zum Autor Hui-yu Caroline Ts'ai is associate research fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan Klappentext This book explores the institutions through which Taiwan was governed under Japanese colonial rule, illuminating how the administration was engineered and how Taiwan was placed in Japan's larger empire building. The author argues that rather than envisaging the ruling of the society and then going on to frame policies accordingly Japanese rule in Taiwan was more ad hoc: utilizing and integrating "native" social forces to ensure cooperation. Part I examines how the Japanese administration was shaped in the specific context of colonial Taiwan, focusing on the legal tradition, the civil service examination and the police system. Part II elaborates on the process of "colonial engineering," with special attention paid to "colonial governmentality", "social engineering" and colonial spatiality. In Part III Hui-yu Caroline Ts'ai provides a more in-depth analysis of wartime integration policies and the mobilization of labor before making an evaluation of Japan's colonial legacy. Taiwan in Japan's Empire-Building will appeal to researchers, scholars and students interested in Japanese Imperial History as well as those studying the history of Taiwan. Zusammenfassung This book illuminates Japan’s colonial administration at work in general, and the role of Taiwan in the context of Japan’s colonial empire-making in particular. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Law, Order, And Colonial Governa nce 1. Rule by Law 2. The Emperor’s Civil Servants 3. The Police as Lord Part 2: Colonial Engineering 4. Colonial Governmentality 5. Social Engineering 6. Creating the Local Part 3: War, Mobilization, And Legacy 7. The Emperor’s "Little Babies" 8. Bringing War back into the History 9. Politics of Memory and History. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Hui-yu Caroline Tsai, Hui-Yu Caroline Ts'ai, TSAI HUI YU CAROLINE
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2011
• EAN: 9780415667142
• ISBN: 978-0-415-66714-2
• No. of pages: 334
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia; Academia Sinica on East Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Society and culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General