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The colonial 'civilizing process' in Dutch Formosa, 1624-1662 / by Chiu Hsin-hui.
Van Pelt Library DS799.67 .C45 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chiu, Hsin-hui.
- Series:
- TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 10.
- TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Colonization.
- Taiwan--History--Dutch rule, 1624-1661.
- Taiwan.
- History.
- Taiwan--Colonization.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 346 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
- Summary:
- This book studies the dynamic encounter between Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples (the Formosans), the Dutch VOC and Chinese settlers between 1624 and 1662. From the viewpoint of indigenous agency, the author offers a comprehensive picture of the Taiwanese colonial 'civilizing process' under Dutch rule. Using so far unexplored source materials from the VOC archives, the author shows how Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples shaped their own colonial reality while retreating from 'the Age of Aboriginal Taiwan'.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Scope and Scene
- Chapter 1 Cross-cultural Encounters, Colonial 'Civilizing Process', and Indigenous Agency 3
- A lost paradise as the focus of competition for maritime power 3
- Dutch Formosa in a Chinese setting 4
- 'The Formosans' and 'the Age of Aboriginal Taiwan' 5
- The colonial 'civilizing process' 6
- Representing Formosan agency 9
- Structure and themes 11
- Chapter 2 Glimpses of 'Aboriginal Taiwan' 13
- Otherness and the perception of the Formosans 14
- Indigenous subsistence and trade 15
- Inter-village warfare 18
- Local leadership 21
- The Chinese encroachment 25
- Part 2 Expansion and Encounter
- Chapter 3 From Strangers to Overlords 33
- The Formosan encounter 33
- Proof of superiority 34
- A formula for war 37
- The road to overlordship 39
- A contractual bond of feudal vassalage 42
- Sin and expiation 43
- A symbolic contribution of sovereignty 44
- Creating the Pax Neerlandica 46
- Chapter 4 Depopulation and Diaspora 49
- An island of legend 49
- Shaping the image of Lamey 50
- Relocation 55
- Struggle for freedom 57
- Disagreement between the Dutch authorities 59
- The Lameyan diaspora 61
- Chapter 5 Expansion for Commodities 65
- Northwards in pursuit of Formosan deer products 65
- The hunting-licence system 65
- The conquest of the Favorlangh fields 67
- Southwards in pursuit of Formosan gold 72
- The Chinese impulse 72
- Chasing gold to Lonckjouw 73
- An exhibition of power in Tayouan 74
- Peace for gold 75
- Reaching Pimaba 76
- The peace ceremony and the aftermath 78
- A Dutch adventurer in the east 80
- The death of an exemplary Company servant 82
- The first punitive expedition to the east 84
- Chapter 6 Conquest, Contest, and Connection 87
- The demise of the Spanish regime 87
- Formosan encounters after the conquest 89
- A terror of new conquerors 89
- Protection and authority 90
- The final blow to the Favorlanghers 93
- The weakening of centralized leadership 94
- The exploration of Taraboan 97
- The expedition to Cavalangh 98
- Conquering Quataongh 99
- Opening the Tamsuy Route 102
- The overland routes from the south to the east 103
- Uncovering mysterious Taraboan 105
- Part 3 Empowerment and Entanglement
- Chapter 7 Embodiment of Power 111
- The core and frontiers of Dutch rule 111
- The Landdag 113
- The local administration 120
- Political ministers and clerical 'politieken' 120
- Non-clerical politieken 122
- The Landdrost 123
- 'Civil interaction' 125
- Spatial layout 125
- Inter-ethnic marriage and indigenous citizenry 126
- A 'sign of loyalty' 130
- The competitive Formosan order 135
- 'Misbehaviour' and punishment 135
- The regulation of mobility 138
- Putative frontiers 139
- The south 140
- The east 142
- The dominion of the Tamsuy authorities 146
- Chapter 8 Devouring Prosperity 149
- Colonial exploitation and labour relations 149
- Chinese honeybees and Dutch apiarists 149
- Agriculture 150
- Inland fishing 153
- Sulphur and coal 154
- Forest products 155
- Trade monopoly 158
- Village leasehold system 159
- An old issue, a new context 161
- The 'invention of dominion' 164
- Trade on the frontiers 166
- Production and consumption in transition 169
- Crises of ecology and subsistence 169
- Changes in Formosan consumption 173
- Textiles 173
- Tobacco 176
- Alcohol 178
- Chapter 9 Convention and Conversion 181
- The Sirayan religious practice 181
- Deities and devotion 181
- Priests and priestesses 184
- Marriage and abortion 187
- Healing and funerals 188
- The Presence of Dutch Protestant Christianity 189
- Laying the foundations 189
- Conversion in awe 192
- Conversion and 'civilization' 194
- Localizing Christianity 197
- Rapids and undercurrents 199
- The triumph of bilingual formulation 201
- Facing Formosan Roman Catholics 202
- The fetishistic perception of Roman Catholicism 203
- Contesting baptism 206
- Dutch missionary work in northern Formosa 208
- Pragmatic conversion 209
- Purification 210
- The tie with the spirit world 213
- Part 4 Transition and Retrospection
- Chapter 10 The Formosans in the Colonial 'Civilizing Process' 221
- The Formosans in the Chinese Conquest 221
- 'Formosan nostalgia'? 223
- Exploring images of the Formosan colonial past 229
- 1 Governors-General and Governors of Formosa, 1624-1662 301
- 2 Dutch local political administration in Formosa, 1643-1662 302
- 3 Yearly rent of leased divisions, 1644-1657 (Reals) 305
- 4 Dutch Protestants and Spanish Dominicans in Formosa, 1626-1662 308
- 5 Dutch missionaries in Formosa, 1624-1662 309.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-331) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004165076
- 900416507X
- OCLC:
- 181069714
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