EAN: 9789811334795

TRANSFORMING EMPIRE IN JAPAN AND EAST ASIA - RO...

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 intended to establish colonies in southern and eastern Taiwan  and
justified its colonial intent based on the argument that a state must spread civilization and
political authority to territories where it claimed sovereignty  thereby challenging Chinese
authority in East Asia and consolidating its power domestically. The book considers the history
of the Taiwan Expedition in the light of how Japanese imperialism began: it emerged as part of
the process of consolidating government power after the Meiji Restoration  it derived from
Western imperialism  it developed in a dynamic relationship with Western imperialism and it
increased Japan's leverage in its competition for influence in East Asia.

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