【新書書訊】砂糖之島: 日治初期的臺灣糖業史1895-1911

作者｜黃紹恆
出版社｜國立交通大學
書系｜台灣研究
出版日期｜2019/03/27
ISBN 13｜9789578614277 
ISBN 10｜9578614276 

內容簡介｜
從臺灣近代糖業史，看資本主義脈絡下的兩面刃

砂糖自15世紀以降的「地理大發現」時代起，即成為世界商品，深刻地影響世界各地近現代史的形成並塑造成今日世界的樣貌。臺灣也因為砂糖而初登世界史的舞台，其重要性直至1960年代歷久不衰。二戰結束前日本的近代製糖業以臺灣為生產基地，亦不脫此歷史脈絡。

本書就日治初期臺灣近代製糖業成立過程，以「充分條件」論述自荷蘭東印度公司時期起臺灣製糖業的發軔，至1860年代臺灣開港所出現的發展，再以「必要條件」說明日本幕末開港所引致的砂糖進口貿易赤字，在如何的歷史情境下，轉變成促成甲午戰後臺灣近代製糖業的發展。

日治初期在臺灣所成立的機械製糖業，雖然擁有相應的資本及生產技術，但在原料方面，卻難以駕馭二百餘年來在臺灣落地生根並成長的小農經濟。製糖會社雖依存於臺灣總督府糖業政策，而在原料的取得上獲得相當程度的成功，但這些政策也成為製糖會社的發展瓶頸，使日治時期的臺灣製糖業始終無法獨立於國家權力運作之外……

作者簡介｜
黃紹恆
國立交通大學客家文化學院院長、人文社會學系教授。
新竹縣人，國立臺灣大學經濟學系畢業，東京大學經濟學碩士、博士。曾任國立政治大學經濟學系副教授及教授、國立暨南國際大學歷史研究所兼任教授、東京大學社會科學研究所客座教授。著有《臺灣經濟史中的臺灣總督府：施政權限、經濟學與史料》（遠流，2010），《臺灣社會經濟史》（與陳鴻圖、林蘭芳合著，國立空中大學，2012）；〈日治初期三井物產在臺商業買賣之展開〉（許雪姬主編，《臺灣歷史的多元傳承與鑲嵌》，中央研究院臺灣史研究所，2014），譯有石井寬治《日本經濟史[第2版]》（五南，2009）等書。

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Sugar Island: The History of Taiwan Sugar Industry During the Early Years of Japanese Rule, 1895-1911
Publication Date｜2019-03-27
Authors｜Shaw-Herng Huang
Press｜National Chiao Tung University Press
ISBN｜9789578614277

Synopsis
From the context in Capitalism to Contemporary Sugar Industry in Taiwan

Due to the Geographical Discovery of the 15th century, sugar has become a world
commodity, profoundly affecting the contemporary history around the world. Taiwan has also entered the stage of world history because of sugar. Its importance has not lasted until the 1960s. Before the end of the Second World War, Taiwan was the foundation in modern sugar industry in Japan.

This book discusses the establishment of Taiwan's modern sugar industry in the early days of the Japanese occupation, covering the commencement Adequate Regulation of Taiwan's sugar industry from the Dutch East India Company to the initial development in the 1860s. It then explains the Required Regulation of the sugar import trade deficit caused by the opening by Japan which was transformed into the Post Sino-Japanese War development of Taiwan's modern sugar industry.  

Although there were equipped with mature mechanical techniques in sugar industry in Taiwan in the early days of Japan-Ruling Era, it was still difficult to control the localsmall-scale farming economy that has taken root and grown in Taiwan for more than200 years. However, the Sugar Club has relied on the sugar policy of the Governor's Office of Taiwan, which has achieved considerable success in the acquisition of rawmaterials through those policies. However, these policies have also become the bottleneck for the development of sugar companies, making the Taiwanese sugar industry in the Japanese occupation period unable to operate independently in the country.