1st Edition
Merchants and Society in Modern China From Guild to Chamber of Commerce
By Tang Lixing
Copyright 2018
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, merchants in China were incorporated into the bourgeoisie and constituted a vital part of the upstart capitalists. The lowermost class in ancient China’s social hierarchy has thus become a strong force of social transformation in the modern era. From the angle of the interaction between the merchant and modern society, this book... Read more
List of illustrations. Preface Chapter One: The Merchant Culture Chapter Two: The Integration of the Merchant in the Late Modern Times and the Rise of the Bourgeoisie Chapter Three: The Merchant’s Role in the Evolution of Modern Society Chapter Four: Caught in Modern Society Bibliography. Index
Biography
Tang Lixing is a professor in the College of Humanities and Communications, Shanghai Normal University. His research focuses on Chinese social and business history.
