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SUMMARY:In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:The deadline to RSVP is Tuesday\, February 25. \nIn 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. \nThis project is supported by a David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Grant from the Humanities Council as well as the Department of East Asian Studies and the Program in East Asian Studies.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/in-the-global-vanguard-agrarian-development-and-the-making-of-modern-taiwan/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jeff Heller":MAILTO:jsheller@princeton.edu
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