Abstract

Research has traditionally addressed higher commercial education in the setting of Western countries, which does not consider empirical evidence that historically some higher education institutions devoted to commercial education were also founded in the colonies. Drawing on archival analysis, this article details the case of the Indochina Higher School of Commerce, founded in 1920, which was officially the first commercial school at the tertiary level in Vietnam in colonial times. Although this school was formed to contribute to the formation of a new type of ‘indigenous elite’, as the colonial administration referred to them, its development was hampered by the contradictions of French colonial policy. Despite its brief existence, the analysis of the Indochina Higher School of Commerce adds a significant layer to the literature concerning the global history of commercial education at higher level.

摘要

传统上，研究一直关注西方国家的高等商业教育，没有考虑历史上一些致力于商业教育的高等教育机构也建立在殖民地的经验证据。本文根据档案分析，详细介绍了成立于 1920 年的印度支那高等商学院的案例，它是越南殖民时期正式成立的第一所高等商学院。尽管这所学校的成立是为了促进新型“土著精英”的形成，但正如殖民政府所说，它的发展受到法国殖民政策矛盾的阻碍。尽管存在的时间很短，