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Statecraft and political economy on the Taiwan frontier, 1600-1800

Shepherd, John Robert.

Year: 1993.

Publisher: Stanford University Press.

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Frontmatter

TABLES, MAPS, AND FIGURES

DATES, MEASURES, AND USAGES

1 Introduction: The Political Economy of the Taiwan Frontier

The Stage and Major Actors

Aborigine Land Rights

Overview

Limits and Goals of the Present Study

PART I: THE PLAINS ABORIGINES AND THE EARLIEST STAGES OF CHINESE PENETRATION

2 Aboriginal Taiwan in the Early Seventeenth Century

Prehistory

Aborigine Livelihoods

Aborigine Trade

Aborigine Population: The Puzzle of Village Size

3 The Dutch Era, 1624-1661

The Expansion of Dutch Control over the Aborigines

The Spanish in the North and the Consolidation of Dutch Rule

Local Administration

Missionary Work in the Native Villages

Missionary Authority and the Company

Dutch Administration of the Aborigine Trade

The Transformation of Aborigine Agriculture

The Growth of the Chinese Colony

4 The Cheng Era, 1661-1683

Cheng Ch'eng-kung's Conquest

The Cheng Administration

The Last Days of the Chengs

5 Taxation and Administration of the Aborigines in the Early Ch'ing

Establishing Ch'ing Rule

Ch'ing Taxation of the Aborigines

Ch'ing Taxation of the Feng-shan Eight

Abuse and Reform in Aborigine Tax Collection

Aborigine Corvee

Aborigine Revolts and Official Response

The Ta-chia-hsi Revolt of 1731-1732

Reconstruction and the Reform of 1737

PART II: CH'ING QUARANTINE POLICIES AND THE SPREAD OF HAN SETTLEMENT

6 Immigration and Han Settlement

Colonization Policy Debates

Restrictions on Immigration

The Chu I-kuei Rebellion

Immigration Policies After the Rebellion

Population Growth

The Emergence of a Rice and Sugar Export Economy

The Spread of Han Settlements and Markets

7 Ch'ing Administration of the Han

Taiwan as a Strategic Periphery

Boundaries and the Quarantine Policy on the Frontier

The Extension of the Military Presence

The Extension of the Civil Administration

Cultural Policy, Education, and Examinations

8 The Fiscal Administration of Taiwan

Taxation of the Han and the Structure of Local Finance

Frontier Land Reclamation

Changing Land-Tax Rates

PART III: ACCOMMODATION THROUGH THE FRONTIER LAND-TENURE SYSTEM

9 The Evolution of Aborigine Land Rights

Government Recognition of Tribal Land Claims

Policy and Practice on the K'ang-hsi Era Frontier

Paying the Tribal Tax in Exchange for Land

The Emergence of the Aborigine Large-Rent Model

Tribal Land Claims in the Yung-cheng Era

Boundary Policy and Practice in the Yung-cheng Era

Restricting Reclamation of Aborigine Land, 1737-1746

Policy and Practice on the Frontier, 1747-1756

The Shift to Accommodation, 1757-1761

The Subprefecture for Aborigine Affairs, 1766

Exempting Aborigine Lands from Taxation, 1767-1768 and 1788

Maturation of the Aborigine Large-Rent System, 1768-1785

Conclusions

10 Han Communal Strife and Aborigine Military Colonies

Immigrant Social Organization and Communal Strife

Prelude to Rebellion, 1782-1786

The Role of Aborigines in the Lin Shuang-wen Campaigns

Government Policies to Contain Communal Strife

Fu-k'ang-an's Plan for Aborigine Military Colonies

Surveying and Distributing Lands Beyond the Boundary

Organizing the Colonies

Taiwan Pacified?

Nineteenth-Century Developments

11 The Transformation of Plains Aborigine Cultures

Economic Adaptations to the Declining Deer Trade

Civilization and Sinicization

Education Policy

Differential Sinicization

Kinship Change, Gender, and Intermarriage

Internal Stratification and Migration

12 Conclusion: Frontier Management, Land Tenure, and the Late Imperial State

China's Southern Frontiers

Northeast China

Strategy, Revenue, and Control Costs in Frontier Administration

APPENDIXES

A Village Sites of the Plains Aborigines

B Tax Quotas of the Plains Tribes

C Measures of Land and Grain

D Measures of Governmental Presence in Eighteenth-Century China

E Territorial Organization of the Aborigine Military Colonies

F Indians and Settlers in North America

REFERENCE MATTER

Notes

Bibliography

Character List

Index

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Statecraft and political economy on the Taiwan frontier, 1600-1800 : John Robert Shepherd.

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Shepherd, John Robert

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Statecraft and political economy on the Taiwan frontier, 1600-1800 : John Robert Shepherd.
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• Land tenure -- Taiwan -- History
• Taiwan aborigines -- History
• Taiwan -- Economic conditions -- To 1945

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