The Taiwanese Elite In Colonial Day: A Collection of Biography of Prominent Taiwanese During The Japanese Colonization (1895~1945)

I have spent the last thirty years documenting and compiling "A Database of Prominent Taiwanese during the Japanese Colonization of Taiwan during 1895 through 1945." This database consists of voluminous files pertaining to 5,882 Taiwanese celebrities. The said database has thus been incorporated into the "Database of Modern Chinese Celebrities" compiled and edited by the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica of Taipei, Taiwan. Files therein contained have been made available to the public since September 11, 2014.

This is the fourth book, I have published based on the findings of the Database.

The contents of 287 biography in this book are:
1. The Advisory Counsellor to the Japanese Viceroy of Taiwan
2. Those Who passed the Civil Service Examination
3. Those Who were Attorneys- at-Law
4. Those Who held the Doctor Degree
5. The Prominent Ladies Who educated in Japan
6. The Artists Who won Awards in International Exhibitions
7. Those Who were prosperous in Japan, China, and Overseas

The previous three books are:

1. Yang, Chien C., 'A Case Study on Kominka Movement: The Rationale of the Name Conversion from Chinese to Japanese by 450 Taiwanese Celebrities', Lung Wen Publisher, 1995, Taipei
2. Yang, Chien C., 'Brief Biographies of 1,200 Japan-Trained Medical Doctors of Taiwan, 1986~1945', Junjie Publisher, December 2002, Taipei
3. Yang, Chien C.,'A Collection of Biobraphy of Prominent Taiwanese During the Japanese Colonization (1895~1945),Volume One:The heads of Tribal Village'

This collection of Taiwanese gentries of the Japanese island colony will be published in four (4) volumes as follows:

Volume One: Heads of Tribal Village of Taiwan(1126 files)
Volume Two: The Taiwanese Elite in Colonial Days (287 files)
Volume Three: The Leisure Class (around 400 files)
Volume Four: The Upper Class (or The Wealthy Class) (around 700 files)

Chien Chen Yang, PhD.,
October 2014, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.