Название: Transforming Empire in Japan and East Asia. The Taiwan Expedition and the Birth of Japanese Imperialism
Автор: Robert Eskildsen
Издательство: Palgrave
Год: 2019
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 392
Размер: 17.1 Мб
Язык: английский
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.