In the Global Vanguard : Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, James T.

Series:

Asia Pacific Modern Series

Asia Pacific Modern Series ; v.21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--Taiwan--History--20th century.

Land reform.

Agriculture and state--Taiwan--History--20th century.

Agriculture and state.

Agricultural assistance, Taiwan--Africa--History--20th century.

Agricultural assistance, Taiwan.

Agricultural assistance, Taiwan--Vietnam--History--20th century.

Agricultural assistance, Taiwan--Developing countries--History--20th century.

Zhongguo nong cun fu xing lian he wei yuan hui--Influence.

Zhongguo nong cun fu xing lian he wei yuan hui.

Shen, Zonghan, 1895-1980--Influence.

Shen, Zonghan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2025.

Summary:

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In just half a century, Taiwan transformed from an agricultural colony into an economic power, spurred by efforts of the authoritarian Republic of China government in land reform, farmers associations, and improved crop varieties. Yet overlooked is how Taiwan brought these practices to the developing world. In the Global Vanguard elucidates the history and impact of the "Taiwan model" of agrarian development by incorporating how Taiwanese experts took the country's agrarian success and exported it throughout rural communities across Africa and Southeast Asia. Driven by the global Cold War and challenges to the Republic of China's legitimacy, Taiwanese agricultural technicians and scientists shared their practices, which they claimed were better suited for poor, tropical societies in the developing world. These development missions, James Lin argues, were projected in Taiwan as proof of the ruling government's modernity and technical prowess and were crucial to how the state sought to hold onto its contested position in the international system and its rule by martial law at home.

Contents:

Introduction

Famine relief to prevention : science, missionaries, and the origins of development, 1920-1948

Executing contracts, not landlords : capitalism through land reform, 1949-1968

The Taiwan model : agricultural science, farmers associations, and capitalism in Taiwan, 1949-1970

Martyrs of development : Taiwanese agrarian development and the Republic of Vietnam, 1959-1975

"Straw hat diplomats" : Taiwanese agrarian development and Africa, 1961-1971

Capitalism with socialist characteristics : the Land Reform Training Institute, 1968-1979

Green devolution : Taiwanese vegetable science, nutrition, and the developing World, 1969-1989

Conclusion.

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ISBN:

0-520-39868-8