【作者】 孙浩；

【导师】 石莹；

【作者基本信息】 武汉大学 ， 经济史， 2004， 硕士

【摘要】 明清时期武汉随着汉口镇的崛起成为区域性的商业、经济中心。武汉作为全国性商品中转集散中心，商人云集、商品繁多。来自全国各地的商人在武汉组成了一个特殊的群体，虽然他们有很多的相异之处，但共同推动着武汉商业的发展。本文从武汉成为商业中心的条件和因素，不同地域和不同行业的武汉商人，武汉商人组织和文化几个方面对武汉商人进行考察，力图重现当时武汉的商业规模和商人阶层状况，从中探求商人活动与商业发展、城市经济发展之间的关系，以及商人组织在商人活动和商业发展中的功能和作用。 明清时期人口的增长、经济的发展和社会风气的转变，促进了中国商业的快速发展。在这种大的历史背景下，武汉利用区位和交通优势成长为繁盛的商业城市。武汉商人则有力推动了武汉城市经济的发展，扩大了武汉市场商品流通的数量和区域，加强了武汉同周边区域的经济联系，带动了周边地区的经济发展，巩固和发展了武汉市场的繁荣。 商人组织的出现加强了商人之间的联系，保护了商人自身的利益。商人通过成立的组织联系感情、维持公益、保护自己、规范商务行为，它对商人活动有很大的影响和约束作用。 笔者对武汉商人进行论述的最终目的，是在于努力寻求商人与商业、城市发展之间的规律，为当今社会的商业和城市发展提供一定的历史借鉴。更多还原

【Abstract】 In Ming and Qing dynasties, Wuhan became the regional center of business and economy with the rise of Hankow town. Wuhan, a national transfer center of commodity, witnessed the mass of merchants and the abundance of commodity. Merchants from all over the country formed a special group in Wuhan. Although they had many differences, they did jointly push the trade development of Wuhan. This article studies on Wuhan merchants from several aspect, Such as the conditions and factors that made Wuhan as a business center, Wuhan merchants in different regions and industries, and the organization and culture of Wuhan merchants. It attempts to re-illustrate the business scale and merchants’ social status in Wuhan. It also aims to probe the relationships between merchant activity, trade development, and urban economic development as well as the function that the merchant organizations played in business activity and development.The population growth, economy development, and social custom change in Ming and Qing dynasties accelerated the rapid development of Chinese business. In this significant historic background, Wuhan became the prosperous business city by taking advantage of its location and transportation. Wuhan merchants pushed the development of Wuhan economy, speeded up the commodity circulation in Wuhan market, and strengthened the economic relationship between Wuhan and its adjoining regions. As a result, it made both adjoining regions and Wuhan markets prosperous.The establishment of merchant organization increased the merchants’ contact and protected their benefits. Merchants kept communications, maintained social benefits, protected themselves, and standardized business conducts by the established merchant organization, which played a very important role in affecting merchants’ activity.The ultimate purpose of the author’s research on Wuhan merchants is to seek the law of merchants, business, and urban development, and to provide certain advices on the development of business and city in today’s society.更多还原