Meiji Japanese Who Made Modern Taiwan

Toshio Watanabe is former professor at Tsukaba University and the Tokyo University of Technology and is former professor, president, and chancellor at Takushoku University.Robert D. Eldridge is tenured associate professor at Osaka University.

Watanabe Toshio’s The Meiji Japanese Who Made Modern Taiwan is a source of enlightenment, along with his other works, for us to deepen our understanding of Japan’s administration and development of Taiwan in the pre-1945 period. It shows the contributions Japanese leaders—agronomists, administrators, and engineers—made toward Taiwan, which not only provided for its development but also the foundation for more than a century of close ties, mutual respect, and friendship. By translating this seminal book into English, Robert Eldridge has helped bring these contributions further to light for the global community.

• List of FiguresTranslator’s PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Iso Eikichi, the Father of Agriculture in TaiwanChapter 2: The “Green Revolution” Brought about by Horai RiceChapter 3: Taiwan as a Frontier Dream Chapter 4: Engineers Who Did Not Give UpChapter 5: Why the Chianan Irrigation System SucceededChapter 6: Reason, Boldness, and the Administrative Style of Kodama and GotoChapter 7: How England and the United States Saw Japan’s Administration of TaiwanConclusion: Why Korea is “Anti-Japanese” and Taiwan “Pro-Japanese”BibliographyIndexAbout the Author and Translator