Young‐Iob Chung
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195178302
- eISBN:
- 9780199783557
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195178300.003.0010
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, South and East Asia
This concluding chapter summarizes the records of capital formation and economic transformation during the 70-year period, and examines the net gains and losses of Korea's path between 1876 and 1945 ...
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This concluding chapter summarizes the records of capital formation and economic transformation during the 70-year period, and examines the net gains and losses of Korea's path between 1876 and 1945 for Koreans. It considers certain scenarios that may have occurred if history took a different turn from what actually took place. For instance, what would have been the prospects for capital formation, economic development, and structural change for Korea had Japan not colonized it? Was it worthwhile for Koreans to have substantial capital formation and speedier economic development and transformation under Japanese colonial rule? The findings in this study go beyond Koreans and their economy under Japanese rule; Japanese imperialism and colonial rule of Korea obviously had major economic and political implications on Japan and Japanese.Less
This concluding chapter summarizes the records of capital formation and economic transformation during the 70-year period, and examines the net gains and losses of Korea's path between 1876 and 1945 for Koreans. It considers certain scenarios that may have occurred if history took a different turn from what actually took place. For instance, what would have been the prospects for capital formation, economic development, and structural change for Korea had Japan not colonized it? Was it worthwhile for Koreans to have substantial capital formation and speedier economic development and transformation under Japanese colonial rule? The findings in this study go beyond Koreans and their economy under Japanese rule; Japanese imperialism and colonial rule of Korea obviously had major economic and political implications on Japan and Japanese.
Lamin Sanneh
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195189605
- eISBN:
- 9780199868582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195189605.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Synopsis: The chapter describes the creation of a new social order to replace the one based on slavery and the slave trade, with new structures of local leadership setting a new standard. The chapter ...
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Synopsis: The chapter describes the creation of a new social order to replace the one based on slavery and the slave trade, with new structures of local leadership setting a new standard. The chapter begins with Garrick Braide in Nigeria's Delta region and continues with revival ferment in Yoruba country, and in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, thanks to the work of the charismatic Harris. Both Catholic and Protestant missions were thereby renewed. The chapter considers African and Islamic models of religion in contrast to missionary and colonial practice. Primal religious ideas and materials in the appropriation of Christianity are investigated in terms of attitudes to the irrational, modern medicine, divination, divine efficacy, salvation, suffering, and divine goodness. The chapter contrasts the appeal of Christianity with opposition to colonial rule, and thus the African acceptance of salvation‐without‐strings with the rejection of conversion by political subjugation.Less
Synopsis: The chapter describes the creation of a new social order to replace the one based on slavery and the slave trade, with new structures of local leadership setting a new standard. The chapter begins with Garrick Braide in Nigeria's Delta region and continues with revival ferment in Yoruba country, and in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, thanks to the work of the charismatic Harris. Both Catholic and Protestant missions were thereby renewed. The chapter considers African and Islamic models of religion in contrast to missionary and colonial practice. Primal religious ideas and materials in the appropriation of Christianity are investigated in terms of attitudes to the irrational, modern medicine, divination, divine efficacy, salvation, suffering, and divine goodness. The chapter contrasts the appeal of Christianity with opposition to colonial rule, and thus the African acceptance of salvation‐without‐strings with the rejection of conversion by political subjugation.
Justin Willis
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198203209
- eISBN:
- 9780191675782
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203209.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This is a history of the Kenyan city of Mombasa and its surrounding settlements from the mid-19th century to the height of colonial rule in the 1930s. The book places the island and town of Mombasa ...
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This is a history of the Kenyan city of Mombasa and its surrounding settlements from the mid-19th century to the height of colonial rule in the 1930s. The book places the island and town of Mombasa in its African context, incorporating the findings of historical and anthropological research. It examines the institutions and social networks that simultaneously united and divided the people of the region before the colonial period, demonstrating both their interdependence and the creation of distinct population categories. The book traces the development of these institutions under British rule, when the demands of the colonial economy caused officials to attempt far-reaching changes to the social structure and to physically remake the town of Mombasa. This is a re-interpretation of the history of Mombasa and its hinterland, based on archival research. It offers insights into the nature of ethnic identity.Less
This is a history of the Kenyan city of Mombasa and its surrounding settlements from the mid-19th century to the height of colonial rule in the 1930s. The book places the island and town of Mombasa in its African context, incorporating the findings of historical and anthropological research. It examines the institutions and social networks that simultaneously united and divided the people of the region before the colonial period, demonstrating both their interdependence and the creation of distinct population categories. The book traces the development of these institutions under British rule, when the demands of the colonial economy caused officials to attempt far-reaching changes to the social structure and to physically remake the town of Mombasa. This is a re-interpretation of the history of Mombasa and its hinterland, based on archival research. It offers insights into the nature of ethnic identity.
OWEN WHITE
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198208198
- eISBN:
- 9780191677946
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198208198.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter summarizes the preceding discussions. It examines the nature of mÉtis identity throughout the colonial period. Regarding the analysis of the links between the psychiatric profession and ...
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This chapter summarizes the preceding discussions. It examines the nature of mÉtis identity throughout the colonial period. Regarding the analysis of the links between the psychiatric profession and the legal system in fin-de-siècle France, it notes that the psychiatric concepts were founded by number of dichotomies including mind and body. Condemnation of miscegenation was never enough to prevent it from taking place in the colonies. The possibility for Africans to become citizens of France was a central element in the legitimizing concept of assimilation, which suggested a break with the traditional dichotomies of colonial rule.Less
This chapter summarizes the preceding discussions. It examines the nature of mÉtis identity throughout the colonial period. Regarding the analysis of the links between the psychiatric profession and the legal system in fin-de-siècle France, it notes that the psychiatric concepts were founded by number of dichotomies including mind and body. Condemnation of miscegenation was never enough to prevent it from taking place in the colonies. The possibility for Africans to become citizens of France was a central element in the legitimizing concept of assimilation, which suggested a break with the traditional dichotomies of colonial rule.
Zoltan Barany
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691137681
- eISBN:
- 9781400845491
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691137681.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter looks at two pivotal states of South Asia: India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan gained their independence in 1947. India succeeded in placing its armed forces under firm and virtually ...
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This chapter looks at two pivotal states of South Asia: India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan gained their independence in 1947. India succeeded in placing its armed forces under firm and virtually unchallenged state control right from the beginning of independence. However, civil–military relations in Pakistan have been far more “eventful.” The chapter makes three arguments. First and most important, by the end of the first postcolonial decade, the patterns for the drastically different military politics of India and Pakistan were already set. Second, of the numerous reasons for the evolution of different civil–military relations in the two countries, several lie in the circumstances of the 1947 Partition and in the immediate post-Partition period. Third, the British colonial period left behind profound legacies, most of which have positively influenced military affairs in the Subcontinent. The chapter also addresses Bangladesh—from its independence in 1971 to the military take-over in 2007—and what sets its military politics apart from Pakistan's.Less
This chapter looks at two pivotal states of South Asia: India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan gained their independence in 1947. India succeeded in placing its armed forces under firm and virtually unchallenged state control right from the beginning of independence. However, civil–military relations in Pakistan have been far more “eventful.” The chapter makes three arguments. First and most important, by the end of the first postcolonial decade, the patterns for the drastically different military politics of India and Pakistan were already set. Second, of the numerous reasons for the evolution of different civil–military relations in the two countries, several lie in the circumstances of the 1947 Partition and in the immediate post-Partition period. Third, the British colonial period left behind profound legacies, most of which have positively influenced military affairs in the Subcontinent. The chapter also addresses Bangladesh—from its independence in 1971 to the military take-over in 2007—and what sets its military politics apart from Pakistan's.
JOHN W. CELL
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205647
- eISBN:
- 9780191676727
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205647.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter explores the British rule in India and Africa. It specifically addresses the colonial rule and its underlying philosophy as summed up in the words ‘Indirect Rule’ a phrase indelibly ...
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This chapter explores the British rule in India and Africa. It specifically addresses the colonial rule and its underlying philosophy as summed up in the words ‘Indirect Rule’ a phrase indelibly associated with Sir Frederick Lugard, the founder of British Nigeria. The definition of the indirect method seems simple enough — ‘systematic use of the customary institutions of the people as agencies of local rule’ — but variations were considerable. A discussion on the variations of indirect rule is provided. An explanation on service ideologies is given as well.Less
This chapter explores the British rule in India and Africa. It specifically addresses the colonial rule and its underlying philosophy as summed up in the words ‘Indirect Rule’ a phrase indelibly associated with Sir Frederick Lugard, the founder of British Nigeria. The definition of the indirect method seems simple enough — ‘systematic use of the customary institutions of the people as agencies of local rule’ — but variations were considerable. A discussion on the variations of indirect rule is provided. An explanation on service ideologies is given as well.
Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198077442
- eISBN:
- 9780199082155
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198077442.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
This book emphasizes the significance of various ways of resource use in India. This book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the several forms of restraint on resource use reported ...
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This book emphasizes the significance of various ways of resource use in India. This book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the several forms of restraint on resource use reported from human societies. In the second part, a new interpretation of how the cultural and ecological mosaic of Indian society came together is discussed. The last part presents a socio-ecological analysis of the new modes of resource use which were introduced by the British, and which have continued to operate, with modifications, after Independence in 1947. It also indicates that the British colonial rule established a crucial watershed in the ecological history of India. Generally, this book reports new data along with new interpretations of old data, and, most importantly, it shows a new and alternative framework for understanding Indian society and history.Less
This book emphasizes the significance of various ways of resource use in India. This book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the several forms of restraint on resource use reported from human societies. In the second part, a new interpretation of how the cultural and ecological mosaic of Indian society came together is discussed. The last part presents a socio-ecological analysis of the new modes of resource use which were introduced by the British, and which have continued to operate, with modifications, after Independence in 1947. It also indicates that the British colonial rule established a crucial watershed in the ecological history of India. Generally, this book reports new data along with new interpretations of old data, and, most importantly, it shows a new and alternative framework for understanding Indian society and history.
Anindita Mukhopadhyay
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195680836
- eISBN:
- 9780199080700
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195680836.003.0020
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
This chapter examines the need of the educated middle class to establish themselves as an ‘aware legal subject’, as they experienced a different formation of a public sphere that came with the ...
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This chapter examines the need of the educated middle class to establish themselves as an ‘aware legal subject’, as they experienced a different formation of a public sphere that came with the colonial political economy. This in turn demanded a different perception and articulation of the law, both as a sign of sovereignty and the manner in which it regulated the subject race. It looks at the writings of Rammohan Roy, who stressed on a dialogue between the government and the politically aware subjects within the new public sphere created by print media. While some educated Indians struggled to rationalize the intellectual seduction of colonial rule, lines of separation were being drawn between a select few who would be able to comprehend the blessings of British rule, and the vast majority who would not. It is argued that the few educated elite who understood the new rule, fashioned the mould of the new ‘legal subject’ according to their understanding of the new requirements, in an attempt to empower their own social class.Less
This chapter examines the need of the educated middle class to establish themselves as an ‘aware legal subject’, as they experienced a different formation of a public sphere that came with the colonial political economy. This in turn demanded a different perception and articulation of the law, both as a sign of sovereignty and the manner in which it regulated the subject race. It looks at the writings of Rammohan Roy, who stressed on a dialogue between the government and the politically aware subjects within the new public sphere created by print media. While some educated Indians struggled to rationalize the intellectual seduction of colonial rule, lines of separation were being drawn between a select few who would be able to comprehend the blessings of British rule, and the vast majority who would not. It is argued that the few educated elite who understood the new rule, fashioned the mould of the new ‘legal subject’ according to their understanding of the new requirements, in an attempt to empower their own social class.
STEPHEN HOWE
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198204237
- eISBN:
- 9780191676178
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198204237.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter summarises the preceding discussions in this book. It concludes that the activities of British anticolonialists played a major role in ...
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This chapter summarises the preceding discussions in this book. It concludes that the activities of British anticolonialists played a major role in ensuring that the lethargy of colonial rule and British political control over it could not be reproduced. Colonial rulers, by definition, are not accountable to their subjects. In practice, the British political system made them accountable to it only in the most intermittent and inadequate fashion. The anticolonialism of the left established an accountability by proxy. Therein lies its major contribution to bringing about decolonisation.Less
This chapter summarises the preceding discussions in this book. It concludes that the activities of British anticolonialists played a major role in ensuring that the lethargy of colonial rule and British political control over it could not be reproduced. Colonial rulers, by definition, are not accountable to their subjects. In practice, the British political system made them accountable to it only in the most intermittent and inadequate fashion. The anticolonialism of the left established an accountability by proxy. Therein lies its major contribution to bringing about decolonisation.
Richard Cockett
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780300204513
- eISBN:
- 9780300215984
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300204513.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter begins the account of modern Burma in Rangoon, the capital of the British colony of Burma. It was once a thriving mercantile capital comparable to Kolkata, Singapore, Penang, and ...
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This chapter begins the account of modern Burma in Rangoon, the capital of the British colony of Burma. It was once a thriving mercantile capital comparable to Kolkata, Singapore, Penang, and Shanghai, and was one of the most modern, cosmopolitan, and exciting cities in the East, described by the poet Pablo Neruda as “a city of blood, dreams and gold.” The chapter recounts the historical forces that have shaped Burma for a more modern, globalized world today, by looking at its history in terms of British colonial rule and marginalisation. In addition, this chapter offers perspectives on Rangoon as a “plural society” bustling with commerce and racial diversity.Less
This chapter begins the account of modern Burma in Rangoon, the capital of the British colony of Burma. It was once a thriving mercantile capital comparable to Kolkata, Singapore, Penang, and Shanghai, and was one of the most modern, cosmopolitan, and exciting cities in the East, described by the poet Pablo Neruda as “a city of blood, dreams and gold.” The chapter recounts the historical forces that have shaped Burma for a more modern, globalized world today, by looking at its history in terms of British colonial rule and marginalisation. In addition, this chapter offers perspectives on Rangoon as a “plural society” bustling with commerce and racial diversity.
Deepak Lal
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199275793
- eISBN:
- 9780191706097
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199275793.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
This chapter discusses rural development under the century of British rule. Topics covered include the Boserup process; the role of the “leading inputs” required to transform traditional agriculture ...
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This chapter discusses rural development under the century of British rule. Topics covered include the Boserup process; the role of the “leading inputs” required to transform traditional agriculture — irrigation and the complex of complementary inputs represented by fertilizers, new seeds, and pesticides; irrigation, and the commercialization of agriculture.Less
This chapter discusses rural development under the century of British rule. Topics covered include the Boserup process; the role of the “leading inputs” required to transform traditional agriculture — irrigation and the complex of complementary inputs represented by fertilizers, new seeds, and pesticides; irrigation, and the commercialization of agriculture.
Jemima Pierre
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780226923024
- eISBN:
- 9780226923048
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226923048.003.0002
- Subject:
- Anthropology, African Cultural Anthropology
This chapter analyzes the structure of colonial rule—indirect rule—as an important racialization process in the Gold Coast/Ghana. It begins by examining the general features of indirect rule, ...
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This chapter analyzes the structure of colonial rule—indirect rule—as an important racialization process in the Gold Coast/Ghana. It begins by examining the general features of indirect rule, particularly the simultaneous making of “natives” and “Europeans” through the pattern of differentiation based on assumptions of radical racial and cultural difference. It reviews to important projects of structural racialization (and racism) in the colonial Gold Coast. First, it examines the political and economic practices of the colonial state and concurrent demise of the class of African educated commercial and professional elite. Second, it looks at the establishment of apartheid through urban planning and residential segregation. Finally, the chapter contextualizes the present discussion of nativization and racialization by prefiguring the trajectories and tragedies of postindependence reform.Less
This chapter analyzes the structure of colonial rule—indirect rule—as an important racialization process in the Gold Coast/Ghana. It begins by examining the general features of indirect rule, particularly the simultaneous making of “natives” and “Europeans” through the pattern of differentiation based on assumptions of radical racial and cultural difference. It reviews to important projects of structural racialization (and racism) in the colonial Gold Coast. First, it examines the political and economic practices of the colonial state and concurrent demise of the class of African educated commercial and professional elite. Second, it looks at the establishment of apartheid through urban planning and residential segregation. Finally, the chapter contextualizes the present discussion of nativization and racialization by prefiguring the trajectories and tragedies of postindependence reform.
E. Taylor Atkins
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520266735
- eISBN:
- 9780520947689
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520266735.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter provides a narrative overview of the intense historical engagement between Japan and Korea, culminating in the imposition of colonial rule. It reviews the most significant moments of ...
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This chapter provides a narrative overview of the intense historical engagement between Japan and Korea, culminating in the imposition of colonial rule. It reviews the most significant moments of Korea's colonial history and the administrative and discursive adjustments Japan's Government-General of Chōsen made over the course of its forty-year rule. Because subsequent chapters are organized thematically rather than chronologically, this recounting provides a necessary sense of time and place in which to contextualize the analysis that follows. Finally, the historical narrative is revisited with insights gleaned from the research in later chapters, with a particular aim to reconsider the conventional depiction of Japanese indifference and contempt for Korean culture.Less
This chapter provides a narrative overview of the intense historical engagement between Japan and Korea, culminating in the imposition of colonial rule. It reviews the most significant moments of Korea's colonial history and the administrative and discursive adjustments Japan's Government-General of Chōsen made over the course of its forty-year rule. Because subsequent chapters are organized thematically rather than chronologically, this recounting provides a necessary sense of time and place in which to contextualize the analysis that follows. Finally, the historical narrative is revisited with insights gleaned from the research in later chapters, with a particular aim to reconsider the conventional depiction of Japanese indifference and contempt for Korean culture.
D. A. Washbrook
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205654
- eISBN:
- 9780191676734
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205654.003.0018
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History, British and Irish Modern History
India was subjected to a battery of changes aimed at drawing it more closely under the authority of Britain and converting its culture and institutions to Western and Anglicist norms and forms. Its ...
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India was subjected to a battery of changes aimed at drawing it more closely under the authority of Britain and converting its culture and institutions to Western and Anglicist norms and forms. Its social economy became increasingly agrarian and peasant-based. It addresses the following question: why and how did British rule itself affect the imperatives towards the reconstruction of a traditional India? The received historiography has been guilty of too eclectic an approach to the discourse(s) of colonialism, and also of overemphasizing the significance of discourse (and texts) at the expense of analyses of both institutional practice and politico-economic context. The economics of backwardness is elaborated. Next, it deals with the traditionalization of Indian society. The contradictions continued after the Mutiny, although taking on different forms. Technological transformation increased in intensity. These developments enabled Indian primary products to finally find outlets on world markets. After the Mutiny, the Westernizing and Orientalizing propensities of colonial rule still remained in tension, although as the century advanced a new element also began to enter their relationship.Less
India was subjected to a battery of changes aimed at drawing it more closely under the authority of Britain and converting its culture and institutions to Western and Anglicist norms and forms. Its social economy became increasingly agrarian and peasant-based. It addresses the following question: why and how did British rule itself affect the imperatives towards the reconstruction of a traditional India? The received historiography has been guilty of too eclectic an approach to the discourse(s) of colonialism, and also of overemphasizing the significance of discourse (and texts) at the expense of analyses of both institutional practice and politico-economic context. The economics of backwardness is elaborated. Next, it deals with the traditionalization of Indian society. The contradictions continued after the Mutiny, although taking on different forms. Technological transformation increased in intensity. These developments enabled Indian primary products to finally find outlets on world markets. After the Mutiny, the Westernizing and Orientalizing propensities of colonial rule still remained in tension, although as the century advanced a new element also began to enter their relationship.
Rina Verma Williams
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195680140
- eISBN:
- 9780199081721
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195680140.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
This chapter addresses the insights that past and current studies have brought to bear on issues of colonialism, postcolonialism, and law. India offers a well-tailored case to examine the forms and ...
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This chapter addresses the insights that past and current studies have brought to bear on issues of colonialism, postcolonialism, and law. India offers a well-tailored case to examine the forms and influences of legal continuity in the postcolonial state. Uniform laws were vital to the idea of nationalism. The work of legal pluralists illustrates the early wave of scholarship on colonial law. Personal laws could be a way for minority groups to retain and preserve their unique cultural heritage. Among the legacies of colonial rule, the law has had a unique staying power in postcolonial India. The system of personal laws was a key component of the legacy of state power and legal policy before and after independence. Subrata Mitra and Alexander Fischer determined four key institutions that influenced the personal laws: the national government and parliament; the Supreme Court and High Courts; state governments and legislatures; and political organizations.Less
This chapter addresses the insights that past and current studies have brought to bear on issues of colonialism, postcolonialism, and law. India offers a well-tailored case to examine the forms and influences of legal continuity in the postcolonial state. Uniform laws were vital to the idea of nationalism. The work of legal pluralists illustrates the early wave of scholarship on colonial law. Personal laws could be a way for minority groups to retain and preserve their unique cultural heritage. Among the legacies of colonial rule, the law has had a unique staying power in postcolonial India. The system of personal laws was a key component of the legacy of state power and legal policy before and after independence. Subrata Mitra and Alexander Fischer determined four key institutions that influenced the personal laws: the national government and parliament; the Supreme Court and High Courts; state governments and legislatures; and political organizations.
Leo T. S. Ching
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520225510
- eISBN:
- 9780520925755
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520225510.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
The reconstitution of consciousness offers a more historical and thus critical alternative in conceptualizing colonial violence than the politics of identity. The Orphan of Asia exhibits the symptom ...
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The reconstitution of consciousness offers a more historical and thus critical alternative in conceptualizing colonial violence than the politics of identity. The Orphan of Asia exhibits the symptom of channeling political impossibility into a personalized struggle over identity. It presents a parable of Taiwan's gradual “coming into being” with the intensification of colonial rule and its disillusion with Chinese nationalism. It also became indicative of the historical moment when the intensifying Pacific war had precluded any revolutionary or reformist corrective to Japanese colonialism, and when China and Chinese nationalism no longer provided a clear and viable alternative to Taiwan's emancipation.Less
The reconstitution of consciousness offers a more historical and thus critical alternative in conceptualizing colonial violence than the politics of identity. The Orphan of Asia exhibits the symptom of channeling political impossibility into a personalized struggle over identity. It presents a parable of Taiwan's gradual “coming into being” with the intensification of colonial rule and its disillusion with Chinese nationalism. It also became indicative of the historical moment when the intensifying Pacific war had precluded any revolutionary or reformist corrective to Japanese colonialism, and when China and Chinese nationalism no longer provided a clear and viable alternative to Taiwan's emancipation.
Alice H. Amsden
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195139693
- eISBN:
- 9780199832897
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195139690.003.0005
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Economic History, International
Countries in the successful late industrializing countries (the rest) that industrialized rapidly after the Second World War had accumulated manufacturing experience in the pre‐war period, and this ...
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Countries in the successful late industrializing countries (the rest) that industrialized rapidly after the Second World War had accumulated manufacturing experience in the pre‐war period, and this differentiated them from countries in the unsuccessful ‘remainder’. In the previous chapter an analysis was made of how premodern artisanship and North Atlantic emigration affected the accumulation of manufacturing experience. In this chapter an analysis is made of how colonial rule and Chinese emigration affected it, focusing on Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand (with no formal colonial ties), and South Korea (with no Chinese emigration). The strengths and weaknesses of different types of manufacturing experience are then summed up for the rest as a whole. The introduction to the chapter presents a statistical analysis of aggregate cross‐country data that demonstrates that manufacturing performance (per capita output) in a given period depends on the accumulation of prior experience in manufacturing as opposed to other types of economic activity.Less
Countries in the successful late industrializing countries (the rest) that industrialized rapidly after the Second World War had accumulated manufacturing experience in the pre‐war period, and this differentiated them from countries in the unsuccessful ‘remainder’. In the previous chapter an analysis was made of how premodern artisanship and North Atlantic emigration affected the accumulation of manufacturing experience. In this chapter an analysis is made of how colonial rule and Chinese emigration affected it, focusing on Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand (with no formal colonial ties), and South Korea (with no Chinese emigration). The strengths and weaknesses of different types of manufacturing experience are then summed up for the rest as a whole. The introduction to the chapter presents a statistical analysis of aggregate cross‐country data that demonstrates that manufacturing performance (per capita output) in a given period depends on the accumulation of prior experience in manufacturing as opposed to other types of economic activity.
Shiona Airlie
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028924
- eISBN:
- 9789882207615
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028924.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
Colonial civil servant, Confucian scholar, and collector of Chinese art, artefacts and coins, Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858–1937) spent more than forty years in Hong Kong and Weihaiwei—the former ...
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Colonial civil servant, Confucian scholar, and collector of Chinese art, artefacts and coins, Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858–1937) spent more than forty years in Hong Kong and Weihaiwei—the former British leased territory in northern China. His career reflects tension and upheaval in the emerging colony of Hong Kong and in a China rapidly giving way to civil war. In Hong Kong (1879–1902) he rose to the highest levels and brought a refreshingly different approach to colonial rule, and maintained peace and order during troubled times. He immersed himself in Chinese culture, made friends with local leaders, strengthened Chinese institutions, and fought against racism. When the colony was extended in 1898 he was given the important task of delineating the boundaries of the New Territories and organising its administration. This biography of Stewart Lockhart, presents a portrait of an imperial official who strove to preserve the Chinese way of life, and was treated by Chinese mandarins as one of their own. The book makes use of Sir James Stewart Lockhart's private papers and extensive archival research to provide this insight into the character, career, and friends of an imperial official of rare talent and achievement.Less
Colonial civil servant, Confucian scholar, and collector of Chinese art, artefacts and coins, Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858–1937) spent more than forty years in Hong Kong and Weihaiwei—the former British leased territory in northern China. His career reflects tension and upheaval in the emerging colony of Hong Kong and in a China rapidly giving way to civil war. In Hong Kong (1879–1902) he rose to the highest levels and brought a refreshingly different approach to colonial rule, and maintained peace and order during troubled times. He immersed himself in Chinese culture, made friends with local leaders, strengthened Chinese institutions, and fought against racism. When the colony was extended in 1898 he was given the important task of delineating the boundaries of the New Territories and organising its administration. This biography of Stewart Lockhart, presents a portrait of an imperial official who strove to preserve the Chinese way of life, and was treated by Chinese mandarins as one of their own. The book makes use of Sir James Stewart Lockhart's private papers and extensive archival research to provide this insight into the character, career, and friends of an imperial official of rare talent and achievement.
Deepak Lal
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199275793
- eISBN:
- 9780191706097
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199275793.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
This chapter addresses the question of whether the British succeeded in altering the living conditions of the mass of the Indian people, and whether this latest foreign assault on the Hindu ...
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This chapter addresses the question of whether the British succeeded in altering the living conditions of the mass of the Indian people, and whether this latest foreign assault on the Hindu equilibrium established at the beginning of the Christian era was any more successful in altering the basic parameters of India's polity, society, and economy than its predecessor. The British conquest of India was virtually completed by 1818. Acquired by a band of foreign merchants, Britain's Indian empire at that date ran along the coast from Bengal to Gujarat except for the territorial pockets of Portuguese Goa and French Pondicherry, which were in the hands of the other two European powers who had established footholds in India's coastal economies.Less
This chapter addresses the question of whether the British succeeded in altering the living conditions of the mass of the Indian people, and whether this latest foreign assault on the Hindu equilibrium established at the beginning of the Christian era was any more successful in altering the basic parameters of India's polity, society, and economy than its predecessor. The British conquest of India was virtually completed by 1818. Acquired by a band of foreign merchants, Britain's Indian empire at that date ran along the coast from Bengal to Gujarat except for the territorial pockets of Portuguese Goa and French Pondicherry, which were in the hands of the other two European powers who had established footholds in India's coastal economies.
Ka-che Yip
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622095878
- eISBN:
- 9789882206854
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622095878.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter provides a better understanding of the colonial administration's policies towards diseases in general, the nature and significance of malaria control specifically, and the complexity of ...
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This chapter provides a better understanding of the colonial administration's policies towards diseases in general, the nature and significance of malaria control specifically, and the complexity of bio-political governance and colonial rule in Hong Kong through an examination of the ways in which the colonial government in Hong Kong responded to the threat of malaria and the factors that shaped such responses. It notes that some scholars have argued that medicine and public health had been used consciously by imperial powers for political expansion, economic gains, or social control. It adds that others have maintained that the behavior of the colonial government could be understood as but “natural manifestations of political rule”. It observes that both interpretations, however, tend to understate the complexity of colonial rule and the importance of local factors in the development of colonial policies.Less
This chapter provides a better understanding of the colonial administration's policies towards diseases in general, the nature and significance of malaria control specifically, and the complexity of bio-political governance and colonial rule in Hong Kong through an examination of the ways in which the colonial government in Hong Kong responded to the threat of malaria and the factors that shaped such responses. It notes that some scholars have argued that medicine and public health had been used consciously by imperial powers for political expansion, economic gains, or social control. It adds that others have maintained that the behavior of the colonial government could be understood as but “natural manifestations of political rule”. It observes that both interpretations, however, tend to understate the complexity of colonial rule and the importance of local factors in the development of colonial policies.
