Colonial Legacies : Economic and Social Development in East and Southeast Asia

眾所周知，台灣和韓國這兩個前日本殖民地在1960年後快速增長和工業化。前歐洲和美國殖民地（馬來西亞、新加坡、緬甸、越南、老撾、柬埔寨、印度尼西亞和菲律賓）的表現不那麼令人印象深刻。一些學者將這種差異歸因於日本殖民地更好的基礎設施和更多的受教育機會。安妮·布斯（Anne Booth）在二十世紀初至二十世紀六十年代東亞和東南亞經濟發展雄心勃勃的比較研究中，對這些論點進行了檢驗和批評。

Booth深入研究了殖民政策對各種因素的性質和後果，包括出口導向型農業的增長和製造業的發展。她評估了殖民政策對市場經濟增長和多樣化以及土著人民福利的影響。教育入學率，嬰兒死亡率和粗死亡率等指標用於比較20世紀30年代東亞和東南亞的生活水平。她分析了日本大亞洲共同繁榮領域以及後來入侵和征服對該地區及其人民生活水平的影響，引發了對日本失敗後痛苦和曠日持久過渡到獨立的討論。整個Booth都強調各種殖民政府所追求的各種經濟和社會政策以及結果的多樣性。

Colonial Legacies清晰而易讀，為複雜的歷史現實提供平衡而優雅的細微探索。它將對東亞和東南亞現代經濟史的學術研究做出持久的貢獻，並對那些關注發展動態和殖​​民政權歷史的人特別感興趣。

It is well known that Taiwan and South Korea, both former Japanese colonies, achieved rapid growth and industrialization after 1960. The performance of former European and American colonies (Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) has been less impressive. Some scholars have attributed the difference to better infrastructure and greater access to education in Japan’s colonies. Anne Booth examines and critiques such arguments in this ambitious comparative study of economic development in East and Southeast Asia from the beginning of the twentieth century until the 1960s.

Booth takes an in-depth look at the nature and consequences of colonial policies for a wide range of factors, including the growth of export-oriented agriculture and the development of manufacturing industry. She evaluates the impact of colonial policies on the growth and diversification of the market economy and on the welfare of indigenous populations. Indicators such as educational enrollments, infant mortality rates, and crude death rates are used to compare living standards across East and Southeast Asia in the 1930s. Her analysis of the impact that Japan’s Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere and later invasion and conquest had on the region and the living standards of its people leads to a discussion of the painful and protracted transition to independence following Japan’s defeat. Throughout Booth emphasizes the great variety of economic and social policies pursued by the various colonial governments and the diversity of outcomes.

Lucidly and accessibly written, Colonial Legacies offers a balanced and elegantly nuanced exploration of a complex historical reality. It will be a lasting contribution to scholarship on the modern economic history of East and Southeast Asia and of special interest to those concerned with the dynamics of development and the history of colonial regimes.

  Anne E. Booth (Autor)

Publisher:University of Hawaii Press 

ISBN:    978-0824831615 

原價   US 60   台幣價 NT$2100