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Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945 - Couverture souple

Shirane, Seiji

 
9781501767708: Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945
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ISBN 10 : 1501767704 ISBN 13 : 9781501767708
Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2022

Synopsis

In Imperial Gateway, Seiji Shirane explores the political, social, and economic significance of colonial Taiwan in the southern expansion of Japan's empire from 1895 to the end of World War II. Challenging understandings of empire that focus on bilateral relations between metropole and colonial periphery, Shirane uncovers a half century of dynamic relations between Japan, Taiwan, China, and Western regional powers. Japanese officials in Taiwan did not simply take orders from Tokyo; rather, they often pursued their own expansionist ambitions in South China and Southeast Asia. When outright conquest was not possible, they promoted alternative strategies, including naturalizing resident Chinese as overseas Taiwanese subjects, extending colonial police networks, and deploying tens of thousands of Taiwanese to war. The Taiwanese--merchants, gangsters, policemen, interpreters, nurses, and soldiers--seized new opportunities for socioeconomic advancement that did not always align with Japan's imperial interests. Drawing on multilingual archives in six countries, Imperial Gateway shows how Japanese officials and Taiwanese subjects transformed Taiwan into a regional gateway for expansion in an ever-shifting international order.

Open Access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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À propos de l'auteur

Seiji Shirane is Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Affiliated Faculty Member in the Asian Studies Program at The City College of New York. Follow him on X @SeijiShirane.

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Éditeur
Cornell University Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1501767704
ISBN 13 
9781501767708
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781501765575: Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945

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ISBN 10 :  1501765574 ISBN 13 :  9781501765575
Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2022
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