上海开埠与浙北生丝产品市场的近代转型

上海开埠后,浙北地区生丝及其产品销售市场格局发展了重大变化,开始由明、前清时期的国内市场为主、国外市场为辅的市场格局,发展到主要行销国外市场的新格局。同时,区域经济架构关系转也发生了深刻变化,由苏州、广州紧密型到上海紧密型。甚至于经营丝业的商人结构也发生了变迁,以“浔商”为首的浙北商人崛起,并确立了丝业市场中主导地位。

Emergence of Shanghai as a City and Modern Transformations of the Silk Market in North Zhejiang

The emergence of Shanghai as a city brought about significant changes in silk production and sales in the northern area of Zhejiang province. The sales pattern shifted from focusing on the domestic market as in the Ming and Qing dynasties to focusing on the overseas market. In the meanwhile, regional economic structure underwent profound changes in which Shanghai replaced Suzhou and Guangzhou as a sales center for silk products. Even the tradespeople engaged in silk industry changed: those from north Zhejiang emerged and gradually became a dominant force.