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HIST5556 Commerce and Society in China 1368-2000
[CEF Reimbursable Course]

Semester 2 (2024-2025)

Lecture TimeWednesday, 18:30 - 20:15

VenueRoom 507, Wu Ho Man Yuen Building (WMY 507)

LanguagePutonghua

Lecturer David FAURE (39437133 / dfaure@cuhk.edu.hk)

Teaching Assistant HOU Menglun (1155204033@link.cuhk.edu.hk)

Course Description

本科旨在從實例出發,討論明清時期中國商業的運作及其在十九和二十世紀的演變。

內容包括:合約的應用、官督商辦、 家庭企業、會計制度、商業審判、公司法、工廠制度、銀行、國家統制、改革開放。

課上注重學生參與。

Syllabus

1 近代中国经济发展大概
2 合约与控股
3 官督商办
4 明清时期的会计
5地方官在商业审判的作用
6家庭企业
7公司法
8工厂制度的引进
9民国时期的银行业  

10白银、经济恐慌与货币
11管理专业化
12国家统制 

13社会主义与开放 

Assessment & Assignments

1导修口头与书写报告占总成绩30%

(口头报告10%,每篇书写报告10%)

2学期论文占总成绩70%

(学期论文字数,中文8,000-10,000字;英文5,500-7,000字。

Tutorials

导修:

每次导修都需要出席。

每人需要提交两篇读书报告,参与一次口头报告。

每次导修只准许最多12位同学提交书写报告,其中6位同学进行口头报告(由老师临场指定)。导师可以随本科修读人数名额。修读同学需要在第二周预先报名。

4同学需要在导修课前两天提交读书报告。

5所有读书报告都应针对整本书,不准许分章节报告。

6导修成绩参考口头报告、讨论表现以及书写报告。

導修题目: 

《北京瑞蚨祥》、《清代山东经营地主底社会性质》

2  费维恺著 ; 虞和平译《中囯早期工业化 : 盛宣怀(1844-1916)和官督商办企业》(Albert FeuerwerkerChina’s Early Industrialization : Sheng Hsuan-huai (1844-1916) and Mandarin Enterprise

3. 《荣家企业史料上》

4 Elisabeth Koll, From Cotton Mill to Business Empire: the Emergence of Regional Enterprises in Modern China

严中平   《中国棉纺织史稿1289-1937; 从棉纺织工业史看中国资本主义的发生与发展过程》

6 Madeleine Zelin, The Merchants of Zigong: Industrial Entrepreneurship in Early Modern China (曾小萍   《自贡商人 : 近代早期中国的企业家》)

金融恐慌:(1)《东盛和债案报告》(http://shanben.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/main_p?nu=B4014800&order=rn_no&no=00818) 张世慧 《清季政府与区域性经济危机的应对 — 以东盛和倒闭案为中心的研究》, 《清史研究》2014450-60 2)《上海钱庄史料》, 53-98

8 Sherman Cochran, Big Business in China: Sino-foreign Rivalry in the Cigarette Industry, 1890-1930 (高家龙   《中国的大企业 : 烟草工业中的中外竞争(1890-1930)) 

9 Kwan Man Bun, Beyond Market and Hierarchy, Patriotic Capitalism and the Jiuda Salt Refinery, 1914-1953《范旭东企业集团历史资料汇编 : 久大精盐公司专辑》

10 Chan Kai Yiu, Business Expansion and Structural Change in Pre-war China : Liu Hongsheng and His Enterprises, 1920-1937《刘鸿生企业史料》

11 《顾准自述》, 《粤海重组实录》页6-38

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With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures.

  • In the case of group projects, all members of the group should be asked to sign the declaration, each of whom is responsible and liable to disciplinary actions, irrespective of whether he/she has signed the declaration and whether he/she has contributed, directly or indirectly, to the problematic contents.
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