The Salt Merchants of Tianjin

The Salt Merchants of Tianjin

State-Making and Civil Society in Late Imperial China

by Man Bun Kwan

239 pages· 2001· ISBN 9780824822750
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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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