1st Edition
Merchants and Society in Modern China Rise of Merchant Groups
By Tang Lixing
Copyright 2018
236 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In ancient China, as the lowermost class in the social hierarchy, merchants were viewed as greedy and immoral, commanding little respect. But since the sixteenth century, when China entered modern times with the sprout of capitalism, merchants have become a strong force to transform the ancient society.
By absorbing methods of anthropology, psychology, geography, and economics, as... Read more
List of illustrations. Preface Chapter One: The Merchant in Traditional Society Chapter Two: The Integration of the Merchant in Early Modern Times and the Rise of Merchant Groups Chapter Three: The Merchant’s Organizations Chapter Four: The Merchant and the Sprout of Chinese Capitalism Chapter Five: The Merchant and the Communal Life 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.
