HILD 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Taiwanese Aborigines, Settler Colonialism, Botany
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Discuss the way that settler colonial policies were enacted in the northern territory of hokkaido during the second half of the 19th century. To think about the consequences that these policies had upon livelihood of ainu population. Need the help of the more advanced civilization. Was a taiwanese film so it was from their perspective of the situation. Japanese control of northern territories began in 1869 with renaming of the region hokkaido ( ) Settlers were encouraged to move to hokkaido to take advantage of national wastelands". Samurai resettlement was not easy; they lost their ranking/occupation and source of income, none of them knew how to farm. Scientists, engineers, and others were dispatched to the region to map and develop it. Brought in lawyers, military experts, constitutional law experts, etc. Romanticized ideas that people from europe are complete experts in their field, although they weren"t always.
