Japanese Colonialism in Taiwan - Land Tenure, Development, and Dependency, 1895-1945

This book presents the dynamics of development and dependency under Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, with special reference to the articulation of native family farms with Japanese capital and the relationship between rice and sugar production that formed the centerpiece of the colonial economy.

List of contents

Foreword -- Introduction -- Land Tenure, Class Relations, and the State in Precolonial Taiwan (1683–1895) -- The Colonial State, Foreign Capital, and the Articulation of Indigenous Agriculture -- Family Farms and the Formation of Surplus Extraction Mechanisms by Sugar Capital -- The Contradictory Relationship Between Rice and Sugar -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Prices, Income, and Land Productivity in Rice, Cane and Sugar Production, 1910–1938 -- Conversion of Weights and Measures

About the author

Chih-ming Ka

Summary

This book presents the dynamics of development and dependency under Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, with special reference to the articulation of native family farms with Japanese capital and the relationship between rice and sugar production that formed the centerpiece of the colonial economy.

Product details

• Authors: Chih-Ming Ka, Sidney W. Mintz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367316433
• ISBN: 978-0-367-31643-3
• No. of pages: 255
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education