Outcasts of Empire Japan's Rule on Taiwan's "Savage Border," 1874-1945

"Outcasts of Empire probes the limits of modern nation-state sovereignty by positioning colonial Taiwan at the intersection of the declining Qing and ascending Japanese empires. Paul D. Barclay chronicles the lives and times of interpreters, chiefs, and trading-post operators along the far edge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Barclay, Paul D., 1964- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press 2017
Oakland, California : [2018].
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Asia Pacific modern ; 16.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009420587506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : empires and indigenous peoples, global transformation and the limits of international society
  • From wet diplomacy to scorched earth : the Taiwan expedition, the Guardline and the Wushe rebellion
  • The long duree and the short circuit : gender, language and territory in the making of indigenous Taiwan
  • Tangled up in red : textiles, trading posts and ethnic bifurcation in Taiwan
  • The geobodies within a geobody : the visual economy of race-making and indigeneity.