The Meiji Japanese Who Made Modern Taiwan

Toshio Watanabe

doi:10.5771/9781666908541

Summary

The Meji Japanese Who Made Modern Taiwan describes the story of Japan's involvement and administration of Taiwan in the pre-war era, with a focus on the period from 1895, when Taiwan was made a part of the Japanese Empire, to 1945, when the Pacific War ended. It introduces the policies pursued and equally important, the personalities, philosophies, and ambitions of the administrators, engineers, and technicians behind those policies. In particular, the unique thinking, leadership styles, and contributions of Kodama Gentaro, Goto Shinpei, Hatta Yoichi, Iso Eikichi, and Sugiyama Tatsumaru, among others who contributed to the development of modern Taiwan, are introduced in great detail. Their accomplishments remain with Taiwan today, which helps explain the extremely close relationship between Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China) and Japan maintain today.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0853-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0854-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 168
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. 1. Note No access
4. 1. Note No access
1. “I Have the Responsibility to Finish My Work with Hōrai Rice” No access
2. The Rice Riots that Became the Stimulus No access
3. The Order to Modernize Taiwan’s Agriculture No access
4. Being Impressed by the Research of Suenaga Megumu No access
5. The Struggle to Develop Hōrai Rice No access
6. Unexpected Growth of the Japanese Variety No access
7. The Second Largest Cultivation Area in the Japanese Empire No access
8. “Iso’s Hut” at Taipei Imperial University No access
9. Returning Home after Forty-Five Years No access
10. Notes No access
1. Eighth Version of the Improved Rice Variety No access
2. A Forgotten Japanese, Sugiyama Tatsumaru No access
3. The Young Indian Man’s Appeal No access
4. The Fate of Three Generations of the Sugiyama Family No access
5. Why Oxen Stomachs Hang Low Under the Blazing Sun No access
6. Meeting the Governor of Punjab No access
7. The First Time to Meet a Japanese Person Like You No access
8. Eucalyptus Forest Zone No access
9. “Hōrai Rice is Not Just for Taiwan” No access
10. Notes No access
1. A Perfect Hideaway for Pirate Groups No access
2. The Other Sino-Japanese War No access
3. “Old Customs” and “Local Autonomy” No access
4. Heaven Commands Whether It Will Be a Good Harvest or a Bad One No access
5. Taiwan, an Uncharted Frontier No access
6. “For Humanity, For Our Country” No access
7. The “Self-Interest and Altruism” of Burton and Hamano No access
8. The Astute Director Chooses Hatta Yoichi as the Successor No access
9. The Geostrategic Importance of Taiwan No access
10. Notes No access
1. The Desolate Chianan Plain No access
2. Becoming the Area Providing the Largest Amount of Rice and Sugar No access
3. An Unshakeable Faith in the Project No access
4. Taiwan’s Biggest River Must Be Used No access
5. Hatta’s Unique Construction Method No access
6. Airborne Rock Drill No access
7. Eternal Hell No access
8. The Origin of “Hatta Dam” No access
9. Capable Men Laid Off No access
10. Notes No access
1. The Chianan Plain Became a Sheet of Green No access
2. Completion of the Wushantou Dam No access
3. Epoch-making Use of the “Three-field System” No access
4. Establishment of the Memorial to the 134 Who Died No access
5. The Engineers’ Group, Warriors for Developing the Southern Areas No access
6. The Tragedy of the Taiyō Maru No access
7. The Discovery of the Bodies No access
8. Five Postcards Addressed to the Children No access
9. Toyoki’s Last Days, Evacuated to Wushantou No access
10. Notes No access
1. Kodama’s Intuition in Appointing Gotō as Governor-General No access
2. “My Policy is ‘No Policy’” No access
3. How to Deal with Armed “Bandits” No access
4. The Hokō System of Taiwan No access
5. “Principles of National Hygiene” as the Basis for Gotō’s Thinking No access
6. Master the Principle of Survival of the Fittest No access
7. A Bank of Taiwan as Necessary for Development No access
8. One Word that Moved Nitobe Inazō No access
9. Gotō’s Administrative Skills No access
10. Notes No access
1. Representative Media in the United States and Europe Praised It No access
2. Taming the Wild Natives No access
3. Leniency in Enforcing Laws No access
4. Curing the Opium Habit No access
5. Fine System of Schools Started No access
6. Making Network of Railways No access
7. Banks and Currency System No access
8. Taiwanese Secondary School Textbook, “Understanding Taiwan” No access
9. Notes No access
1. Postscript to the English Edition No access
2. Note No access
Bibliography No access Pages 159 - 162
Index No access Pages 163 - 166
1. About the Author No access
2. About the Translator No access