摘要
在明中叶至清中叶的三个世纪中 ,苏州城市有显著扩大。这个扩大同时表现为城市地域范围的扩展与城市人口的增加。苏州城市变化的主要趋势 ,是城市从府城内扩大到城厢附郭和郊区市镇 ,从而形成一个以府城为中心、以郊区市镇为“卫星城市”的特大城市。苏州城市变化的主要动力来自城市工业的发展。城市工业的发展 ,并非单纯的府城工业向外转移 ,而是在比较优势的基础上形成的合理的地域分工。经过这三个世纪的发展 ,到了清代中期 ,城市工业在苏州经济中已经居于主导地位。苏州的城市变化代表了明清中国城市发展的一种新道路 ,亦即傅衣凌先生所说的“苏杭型”
The city of Suzhou expanded rapidly from 1550 to 1850, in terms of both urban area and population. The most important manifestation of this growth was the extension of the urban area beyond the city walls of the prefectural capital to include the suburban towns. As a result, Suzhou developed into a 'super city' with the prefectural seat as its core and suburban towns as its satellites. This dynamic growth was attributable to urban industrial development. The spread of industry was not simply the movement of industry from the walled area of the city to the suburbs; rather it represented a rational distribution of industry based comparative advantages of regional specialization and division of labor. After three centuries of development, urban industry had become the leading sector of the Suzhou economy by the mid-Qing. Suzhou's development represented a new path in pre-modern Chinese urbanization, what Professor Fu Yiling has termed the 'Su (zhou)-Hang (zhou)' path.
出处
《清史研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2001年第3期9-22,共14页
The Qing History Journal
