Japanese colonialism in Taiwan
Subtitle: land tenure, development,and dependency, 1895-1945
By:  Chih-ming Ka. ; foreword by Sidney W. Mintz.
Contributors: Mintz, Sidney Wilfred, 1922-
Series: Transitions: Asia and Asian America; Transitions--Asia and Asian America
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Taiwan; Sugar trade -- Taiwan -- History; Rice trade -- Taiwan -- History; Japan -- Colonies -- Taiwan; Taiwan -- History -- 1895-1945; Taiwan -- Economic conditions -- To 1945
Description: Exploring the dynamics of development and dependency, this book traces the experience of Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule. Focusing on Taiwan's success, the author reassesses theories of capitalist transformation of colonial agriculture and reconceptualizes the relationship between colonial and indigenous socioeconomic and political forces.

Considering the influence of sugar on the evolution of family farms and the contradictory relationship between sugar and rice production, he explores the interplay of class forces to explain the unique experience of colonial Taiwan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.