Merchants and Society in Modern China - Rise of Merchant Groups

List of contents

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

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

By absorbing methods of anthropology, psychology, geography, economics, as well as cultural and genealogical studies, this book studies the factors behind the rise of the merchant class in modern China, in terms of its inner structure, business modes, cultural traits, etc.

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: 9781138089129
• ISBN: 978-1-138-08912-9
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: China Perspectives; China Perspectives
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business