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The Wartime Regime and the Development of Public Diet in Taiwan (1947–1950s)
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Abstract The Nationalist Party retreated to Taiwan in 1949 after its defeat in the Chinese Civil War. Faced with a population explosion, economic recession, and a serious shortage of resources, the Nationalist government retained the “wartime regime” instituted during the civil war, while strengthening contr... view more
The Nationalist Party retreated to Taiwan in 1949 after its defeat in the Chinese Civil War. Faced with a population explosion, economic recession, and a serious shortage of resources, the Nationalist government retained the “wartime regime” instituted during the civil war, while strengthening control of key foods – which significantly affected people’s daily life, and notably diet. This article argues that the purpose of implementing the wartime regime was not only to stabilise livelihoods, particularly to secure basic living conditions for a large number of soldiers and government employees; it also helped the Nationalist Party consolidate its authoritarian rule and establish a firm grip on national resources, facilitating national defence and economic development. The stringent control measures of the wartime regime caused, however, a gross imbalance between staple and subsidiary foods in the diet of local people, leading to consumption of excessive amounts of starchy staple foods and widening the gap between the diets of farmers and non-farmers.... view less
Keywords
Taiwan; eating behavior; nutrition situation; military dictatorship; everyday life; party; rural population; peasant; living conditions; political control; government supervision; political stability
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Free Keywords
Social Sciences; Anthropology; post-war Taiwan; wartime regime; wartime life; public diet; food consumption
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 113-136
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 47 (2018) 2
Issue topic
The Making and Operation of Everyday Authoritarianism in Taiwan during the Cold War
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; reviewed