The Colonisation and Settlement of Taiwan, 1684-1945

Land Tenure, Law and Qing and Japanese Policies
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8153-9471-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

The dispossession of indigenous peoples by conquest regimes remains a pressing issue. This book, unlike most other books on the subject, contrasts two different colonial administrations – first the Chinese Qing Empire, then, from 1895, the Japanese. It shows how, under the Chinese legal system, the Qing employed the Chinese legal system to manage the relationship between the increasing numbers of Han Chinese settlers and the indigenous peoples, and how, although the Qing regime refrained from taking actions to transform aboriginal land tenure, nevertheless Chinese settlers were able to manipulate aboriginal land tenure to their advantage. It goes on to examine the very different approach of the Japanese colonial administration, which following the Meiji Restoration of 1868 had begun to adopt a Western legal framework, demonstrating how this was intentionally much more intrusive, and how the Japanese modernized legal framework significantly disrupted aboriginal land tenure. Based on extensive original research, the book provides important insights into colonisation, different legal traditions and the impact of colonial settlement on indigenous peoples.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ye, Ruiping

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1. Land Settlement: Progression and Pattern. 2. Settlement Polices: Reluctant Expansion. 3. Aboriginal Land: Recognition and Protection. 4. Chinese Practice: Transforming Aboriginal Land Tenure. 5. Aborigines’ Efforts: A Losing Battle. 6. Japanese Colonisation: New Tenure under the Modern Law. Conclusion: Land Tenure, Colonisation, and Legal Tradition

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Ruiping Ye is a lecturer in law at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.