Stock ID #167505 The Salt Merchants of Tianjin. State-Making and Civil Society in Late Imperial China. KWAN MAN BUN.

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

Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 2001. Stock ID #167505

Maps, viii + 239pp, index, selected bibliography, notes, glossary, very good hardback copy in dustjacket.

"In this the first detailed study in English of the mercantile activities and social role of Tianjin's salt merchants, Kwan Man Bun reveals how they helped stablise the city and assumed many civic responsibilities, providing relief, charities, and other services to their fellow citizenry. Although these developments resemble the emergence of an idealised 'public sphere' as in Europe, Kwan makes clear that Tianjin's social changes were not grounded on 'rational discourse' but rather drew their strength and continuity from merchant networks based on exclusivity, wealth, education, and kinship." Publisher's description.

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