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journal6 ›› 2012, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 30-.

• 学术专论 • 上一篇    下一篇

粮食生产供求变动与清代地方的社会经济——以湘南为中心

  

  1. 华中师范大学中国近代史研究所
  • 出版日期:2012-08-15 发布日期:2012-08-15
  • 作者简介:吴小珍(1975—),女,华中师范大学中国近代史研究所博士生; 武汉 430079

Changes in the Production, Supply, and Demand for Grain and Local Society and Economy in the Qing Dynasty: The Example of Southern Hunan

  • Online:2012-08-15 Published:2012-08-15

摘要: 清初两湖地区尚属地广人稀,但湘南大部却因为田土开发殆尽而出现了人口过剩问题,这直接影响到地方的传统农业经济和造成了民食之困,湘南因此成为两湖最早引种玉米、甘薯等高产旱地粮食作物的地区,但这种人地紧张关系也在客观上刺激了该地区的多元化经济发展。清中期以后,上述两种作物的广泛种植,使湘南的民食之困得到有效缓解,人口亦出现了高速增长,这些都有力促进了地方社会经济的再发展。需要指出的是,这种受人口压力所迫而以"使用劳力"方式为主的经济发展,并没有普遍提高民众的生活水平,因此具有明显的历史局限性。

Abstract: Hubei and Hunan Provinces were sparsely populated at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, however, most of southern Hunan had occurred because of the land development all overpopulation problem.This directly affected the local traditional agricultural economy and caused hardship and impinged upon the people's food supply.Southern Hunan was the first region to introduce maize, sweet potatoes and other high-yield upland grain crops. In Hubei and Hunan Provinces,such man-land relationships had objectively stimulated diversified economic development in the region. The two crops were widely planted after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the hardship of food scarcity in southern Hunan was effectively alleviated. Southern Hunan also experienced rapid population growth.The introduction of new crops and the demographic expansion were powerful factors promoting the further development of the local community's economy. What needs to be pointed out is that population pressure and labor substitution forced economic development,but there was no general improvement in the living standards of the people. These economic developments had the obvious historical limitations.