Merchants and Society in Modern China - From Guild to Chamber of Commerce

List of contents

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

About the author

Tang Lixing is a professor in the College of Humanities and Communications, Shanghai Normal University. His research focuses on Chinese social and business history.

Summary

From the angle of the interaction between the merchant and modern society, this book examines the factors behind the rise of the merchant class in China. Also, it probes into the reasons why it was hard for China to go beyond modern society, that is, completing the transition from commodity economy to capitalist economy.

Product details

• Authors: LIXING, Tang Lixing, Tang (Professor Lixing, Tang (Shanghai Normal University) Lixing
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138089136
• ISBN: 978-1-138-08913-6
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: China Perspectives; China Perspectives
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; China, Business & Economics / General, Economics, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / China, Social and cultural history, Asian History