The Salt Merchants of Tianjin: State-Making and Civil Society in Late Imperial China

Kwan Man Bun (University of Cincinnati, USA)

The Salt Merchants of Tianjin: State-Making and Civil Society in Late Imperial China
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
Country
United States
Published
30 April 2001
Pages
248
ISBN
9780824822750

The Salt Merchants of Tianjin: State-Making and Civil Society in Late Imperial China

Kwan Man Bun (University of Cincinnati, USA)

For nearly 400 years the Changlu salt merchants played a leading role in the urbanization and social change of the city of Tianjin. This work studies the social role of the salt merchants and reveals how they helped stabilize the city and assumed many civic responsibilities.

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