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台湾統治初期の地方行政 : 「臨時台湾戸口調査」はいかなる状況の下で実施されたか

What’s on in Ilha Formosa? : Local Policies of the Japanese General Government of Taiwan in 1902 and Their Aftermath

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00229741

https://doi.org/10.15002/00001982

法政大学経済学部学会

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2006-03-03

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This paper attempts to give a brief account of the historical backgrounds surrounding the first population census in Taiwan. The census was undertaken by the Japanese rulers of the island in 1905, fifteen years before a similar universal population survey was carried out in Japan itself. A study of some provincial records of 1902 revealed the following significant facts. Firstly, each provincial office (cho) devoted its energies to suppressing revolts of both Chinese and indigenous inhabitants of the island. In the second place, however, at the same time, the records also indicate that the provincial offices were hastening to construct modernized social infrastructures, such as medical systems, educational institutions, railways, roads, and other amenities.These activities gradually brought about a more positive attitude towards Japanese rule among the people of Taiwan. The implementation of the first population census in 1905 must be interpreted in the light of this mixture of policies.

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