2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
British Colonial Officials' Perception of Rural China and Governance of Weihaiwei
| Project/Area Number |
26870223
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
History of Asia and Africa
Area studies
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 威海衛 / イギリス帝国史 / 中国近現代史 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aims at how the British colonial officials' perception of rural China affected the governance of Weihaiwei, a British leased territory situated in Shandong peninsula on the China coast.
For the time being the working hypothesis conceived in the first stage of the project has not been proved completely. However, through the investigation of historical documents concerning Weihaiwei the applicant could obtain the general idea of the amount and the location of them, as well as related materials which have not been used fully in the existing literatures. Now the applicant is continuing to investigate these documents and write academic articles in another project adopted as Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C.
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| Free Research Field |
中国近現代史・イギリス帝国史
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