Ze State Capital Of The Qing Dynasty, Commercial And Industrial Economy

Qing Dynasty was the period whose social economy developed relatively free and full in the ancient China. Industry and commerce is an important part of the social economy. Zezhou county is located in the southeastern Shanxi Province, East of Taihang, west of the Yellow River, south of the Central Plains, north of Youyan. It is a hotly contested spot. Thanks to Unique geographical location and rich mineral resources, Zezhou has been a high degree of development in industrial and commercial economy in the Qing Dynasty, which show a certain geographical features. This paper analyzes natural environment, social and cultural environment of Zezhou and focuses on the characteristic of industry,commerce and market network by history, sociology and economic history research, and thus further catches on the interaction between farmer and industry,handcraft and commerce and the problems about the changes of farmers'indentity and the influences of the social relations of production.The paper also undertakes brief analysis of interaction moving circumstance between businessmen and local social by relevant theories of social change.These studies will help us to grasp the rule of development of regional social economy, as well as the characteristics of urban.The first part is" Introduction",which introduces the research significance and research methods, research status.The second part is "the regional pattern and traffic location of Zezhou ", which briefly introduces the history of Zezhou and analyzes natural geographical environment and social economy foundation of Zezhou to provide the basis for third, fourth parts.The third part is "the handicraft industry of Zezhou ",which mainly introduces the pillar industry of handicraft industry in Zezhou,smelting and other industries and focuses on the analysis of smelting so that we think the production of handicraft appeared some new characteristics and factors.The fourth part is "the commercial and market network of Zezhou ", which discusses the important role of grain trade in zezhou market and the characteristic of local market by the analysis of business and its tax revenue. The part also analyzes the interaction of market network and business development by the application of Jianya in central place theory and town economic theory. The fifth part is "the merchant of Zezhou and the local society," which analyzes how the businessmen have profound effect on local life by the fact that the status of businessmen in zezhou county rise in Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the influence hasn't only the positive side, but also negative one.The sixth part is" conclusion", which summarizes the keynote of the thesis and reflects the existing problems and shortcoming in this paper.