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

Semester 2 (2025-2026)

Lecture TimeMonday, 18:30 - 20:15

VenueRoom 403, Wu Ho Man Yuen Building (WMY 403)

LanguagePutonghua

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

Teaching Assistant SHU Yue (emmashu@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 近代中國經濟發展大概
2 合約與控股
3 官督商辦
4 明清時期的會計
5地方官在商業審判的作用
6家庭企業
7公司法
8工廠制度的引進
9民國時期的銀行業
10白銀、經濟恐慌與貨幣
11管理專業化
12國家統制
13社會主義與開放

Assessment & Assignments

1導修報告與書寫報告佔總成績30%

(口頭報告10%,每篇書寫報告10%)

2學期論文佔總成績70%

(學期論文字數,中文8,000-10,000字;英文5,500-7,000字。)

Tutorials

導修:

1 每次導修都需要出席。

2 每人需要提交兩篇讀書報告,參與一次口頭報告。

3 每次導修只准許最多12位同學提交書寫報告,其中6位同學進行口頭報告(由老師臨場指定)。 導師可以隨本科修讀人數增減名額。 修讀同學需要在第二周預先報名。

4同學需要在導修課前兩天提交讀書報告。

5所有讀書報告都應針對整本書,不准許分章節報告。

6導修成績參考口頭報告、討論表現以及書寫報告。

導修題目:

1 《北京瑞蚨祥》、《清代山東經營地主底社會性質》

2 費維愷著 ;虞和平譯, 《中囯早期工業化 : 盛宣懷(1844-1916)和官督商辦企業》(Albert Feuerwerker, China‘s Early Industrialization : Sheng Hsuan-huai (1844-1916) and Mandarin Enterprise

  1. 《榮家企業史料上》

4 伊莉莎白·科爾,《從棉紡廠到商業帝國:現代中國區域企業的出現》

5 嚴中平 《中國棉紡織史稿1289-1937; 從棉紡織工業史看中國資本主義的發生與發展過程》

6 Madeleine Zelin, The Merchants of Zigong: Industrial Entrepreneurship in Early Modern China (曾小萍 《自貢商人 : 近代早期中國的企業家》)

7 金融恐慌:(1)《東盛和債案報告》(http://shanben.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/main_p?nu=B4014800&order=rn_no&no=00818); 張世慧 《清季政府與區域性經濟危機的應對 — 以東盛和倒閉案為中心的研究》, 《清史研究》2014:4:50-60; (2)《上海錢莊史料》, 頁53-98。

8 謝爾曼·科克倫,《中國的大企業:捲煙行業的中外競爭,1890-1930》(高家龍 《中國的大企業 : 煙草工業中的中外競爭(1890-1930)》

9 關文彬,《超越市場與等級,愛國資本主義與九大煉鹽廠,1914-1953;《范旭東企業集團歷史資料彙編 : 久大精鹽公司專輯》

10 陳凱耀,《戰前中國的商業擴張與結構變革:劉洪生及其企業,1920-1937;《劉鴻生企業史料》

11 《顧准自述》, 《粵海重組實錄》頁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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