While Alfred Russel Wallace is sometimes remembered for his sympathy for ‘savages’, it has also been observed that he was closely associated with European colonial regimes during his long stint of fieldwork in Southeast Asia (1854–62). Moreover, it has been argued that as one of the first scientists to extend natural selection to humans following his return to Britain he acquiesced in the extinction of primitive peoples. This article examines in detail for the first time the development of Wallace's admiration for the Dutch Cultivation System, which combined paternalistic administration with a government monopoly over the production of cash crops. While travelling through the archipelago Wallace encountered numerous examples of Indo-Dutch creole culture and he himself made significant lifestyle adaptations to local practices. When he first observed the Cultivation System in the Minahasa region of northern Sulawesi Wallace experienced an epiphany as he witnessed the rapid progress towards ‘civilization’ ma...

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进化与帝国：19世纪中叶，阿尔弗雷德·罗素·华莱士和荷兰在东南亚的殖民统治

有时因阿尔弗雷德·罗素·华莱士（Alfred Russel Wallace）对“野蛮人”的同情而被人们铭记，但据观察，他在东南亚的长期野外工作期间（1854–62）与欧洲殖民地政权有着密切的联系。此外，有论点认为，作为返回英国后最早将自然选择扩展到人类的科学家之一，他默许了原始民族的灭绝。本文首次详细研究了华莱士对荷兰耕种制度的钦佩，该制度将家长式管理与政府对经济作物生产的垄断相结合。华莱士在群岛旅行时遇到了许多印度－荷兰克里奥尔文化的例子，他本人对当地的生活方式进行了重大调整。