A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit  www.luminosoa.org  to learn more. Outcasts of Empire unveils the causes and consequences of capitalism’s failure to “batter down all Chinese walls” in modern Taiwan. Adopting micro- and macrohistorical perspectives, Paul D. Barclay argues that the interpreters, chiefs, and trading-post operators who mediated state-society relations on Taiwan’s “savage border” during successive Qing and Japanese regimes rose to prominence and faded to obscurity in concert with a series of “long nineteenth century” global transformations.   Superior firepower and large economic reserves ultimately enabled Japanese statesmen to discard mediators on the border and sideline a cohort of indigenous headmen who played both sides of the fence to maintain their chiefly status. Even with reluctant “allies” marginalized, however, the colonial state lacked sufficient resources to integrate Taiwan’s indigenes into its disciplinary apparatus. The colonial state therefore created the Indigenous Territory, which exists to this day as a legacy of Japanese imperialism, local initiatives, and the global commodification of culture. "Paul D. Barclay's excellent book...is a richly detailed account of the emergence of both the elimination of author Joseph Conrad's 'white spaces' on the map in the rise of high international imperial competition and the rise and strengthening of indigenous identity.... Outcasts of Empire is not grand theory and details; rather, it theorizes the details. As such, the histories examined here hold much for students of empire, the workings of 'nation state-sponsored industrial capitalism,' and indigenous movements and identities everywhere. The book should find an audience well beyond East Asian studies." - Robert Stolz (author of "Bad Water: Nature, Pollution, and Politics in Japan 1870-1950"), in Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review "The yearnings of Taiwan's indigenous peoples echo clearly with those of indigenous people around the world....Barclay does them a great service by clearly analyzing the political structures that encapsulate them in a part of the world where indigenous perspectives are often omitted from history. This book is relevant, not only as a history of Japan and Taiwan, but as a reflection on political philosophy that will interest scholars in many fields." - Scott Simon, (author of "Sadyaq Balae! L'autochtonie formosane dans tous ses états"), in Pacific Affairs "The book is enriched with a series of interesting and captivating details and beautifully illustrated. What makes this monograph stand out is the way in which it fills gaps. This is in tune with Taiwan studies scholarship that no longer just documents the history, culture, and societal development of the Han population. From this perspective, the book makes a welcome addition to the research agenda of indigenous studies, Austronesian studies, and anthropology. In particular, Barclay's work exemplifies a trend that focuses on the political salience of indigenous subjectivities, which corresponds to a recent shift away from the generation of scholarship influenced by modernization theory.... The book is highly recommended reading not only for researchers in East Asian studies but also scholars with a special interest in interdisciplinary research." -Ann Heylen (author of "Grassroots Taiwan History") in The China Journal "Outcasts of Empire enriches our understanding of the history of Taiwan, Japan, and colonialism is several ways. Most importantly, Barclay's broad comparative account of the special administration of indigenous territory rescues the indigenous peoples of Taiwan from the two-dimensional representation they typically receive....Other contributions include Barclay's vivid demonstration of the amount of violence that the Japanese had to use to establish even limited control over the indigenous territory, and the many fascinating stories he tells about interactions between indigenes and the Japanese." - Robert Eskildsen (author of "Transforming Empire in Japan and East Asia: The Taiwan Expedition and the Birth of Japanese Imperialism") in Monumenta Nipponica "Outcasts of Empire is a well-written book by an author who is intimately familiar with the contemporary history of Asia, especially the history of colonialism shared by Japan and Taiwan. As an indigenous researcher who grew up in Wulai (a Tayal settlement mentioned in the book numerous times...), I appreciate Barclay's detailed documentation and in-depth analysis of Japan's construction of disciplinary society in the northern 'Savage Territory'. This work is not only a pleasure to read but is of high contextual relevance to any reader who is curious about colonial Taiwan." - I-An Wasiq Gao, University of Helsinki, Finland in International Journal of Taiwan Studies "Paul Barclay's exploration of indigeno