The Salt Merchants of Tianjin: State-Making and Civil Society in Late ... - Man Bun Kwan - Google Books

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For nearly four hundred years the Changlu salt merchants played a leading role in the urbanization, commercial development, and social change of the city of Tianjin. In this the first detailed study in English of the mercantile activities and social role…