Outcasts of Empire

Paul D. Barclay is Associate Professor of History at Lafayette College. He is also General Editor of the East Asia Image Collection, an open-access online digital repository of historical materials.

• List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and TranslationIntroduction: Empires and Indigenous Peoples, Global Transformation and the Limits of International SocietyPART ONE. THE ANATOMY OF A REBELLION1. From Wet Diplomacy to Scorched Earth: The Taiwan Expedition, the Guardline, and the Wushe Rebellion2. The Longue Durée and the Short Circuit: Gender, Language, and Territory in the Making of Indigenous TaiwanPART TWO. INDIGENOUS MODERNITY3. Tangled Up in Red: Textiles, Trading Posts, and Ethnic Bifurcation in Taiwan4. The Geobodies within a Geobody: The Visual Economy of Race Making and IndigeneityNotesGlossaryIndex

"Outcasts of Empire . . . challenges the limits of the international system and state sovereignty, explores interlocking forces of colonialism, historical processes of indigenisation, colonial boundaries, and governance through a detailed narrative history of outcasts at the empire-dynasty’s periphery. . . . It’s a must-read for readers who want to familiarise themselves with contemporary history and indigenous peoples in the Taiwanese context."