Colonial development of Taiwan as viewed by contemporary Japanese scholars (using the example of the book by Toshio Watanabe The Meiji Japanese Who Made Modern Taiwan). Review of: Watanabe T. The Meiji Japanese Who Made Modern Taiwan

Abstract

This review analyzes the monograph by a famous Japanese economist, professor of Takushoku University Toshio Watanabe, which focuses on the colonial history of Taiwan in the first half of the 20^th century. The author provides a vivid picture of the Japanese transforming the entire economy of the island and “transplanting” the model of Meiji modernization into their colony.