Transitions to modernity in Taiwan: the spirit of 1895 and the cession of Formosa to Japan

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Alsford, Niki
Transitions to modernity in Taiwan: the spirit of 1895 and the cession of Formosa to Japan.
London: Routledge, 2017. 230 s. Routledge research on Taiwan, 21. ISBN 978-11-382-4207-4
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378009
Klíčová slova: history * politics and government * Taiwan * 1895-1945
Obor OECD: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

On 19 April 1895, British Consul Lionel Charles Hopkins, at the northern port of Tamsui, was summoned by Tang Jingsong, the governor of Taiwan. Shortly after his arrival, Hopkins was handed a petition. Signed by a number of Taiwanese “notables”, the document appealed to the British government to incorporate the island into a protectorate in the wake of an impending Japanese invasion. The British declined. This book addresses the interconnectivity of these two communities, by focusing on the market town of Dadaocheng in northern Taiwan. It seeks to contextualize and examine the establishment of a “settler society” as well as the creation of a sojourning British community, showing how they became a precursor of modernity and “middle classism” there. By uncovering who the signatories of the petition were and what their motivation was to call upon the British consulate to bring the island under its protection, it brings into focus a remarkable period of transition not only for the history of Taiwan but also for the modern history of China. Using 1895 as a year of enquiry, it ultimately challenges the current orthodoxy that modernity in Taiwan was simply a by-product of the Japanese colonial period.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0280090