A Study Of The Rural Commodity Market In The Central Part Of Heibei Province In Modern Times(1895-1936)

Rural issues have always been the important points of national attention.Since modern times,with the increasingly close economic connections between urban and rural areas,the rural commodity market,as an intermediate medium,has become a mirror which reflects the rural social situation.Central Hebei Province is located in the middle of Hebei Province,which is an important part of the North China Plain.In order to understand the development of rural commodity market in central Hebei since modern times,and to make up for the lack of previous studies on regional,social and economic history to some extent,this article chooses the rural commodity market in central Hebei as the research object,and studies the transformation and development of modern rural society from the changes of rural commodity market.The first chapter tries to discuss the developmental environment of rural commodity market in central Hebei in terms of nature and society.And it can be concluded that the natural environment determines the types of some commodities in rural commodity market to a certain extent,and that the social environment affects the status of development and trend of rural commodity market to some degree.The second chapter discusses the market and temple fair market from the aspect of “quantity”,which are the important carriers of the rural commodity market in the middle of Hebei Province in modern times.And the results indicate that the market and temple fair market are based on agricultural production in terms of time arrangement.In addition,the economic situation and traffic conditions in terms of space arrangement are also the important factors to measure whether the rural commodity market is set up.In the third chapter,based on the analysis of the development and change of modern transportation in the middle of Hebei Province,the author discusses the evolution of the internal and external structure of rural commodity market in the middle of Hebei Province from the perspective of "quality".And the researcher finds out that with the development of transportation mode and the formation of transportation network,the rural commodity market in the middle of Hebei Province has basically formed a hierarchical market system.At the same time,new changes have taken place in the internal structure of rural commodity market in central Hebei Province,such as commodity,price and main body in transaction.The fourth chapter of this paper analyzes the changes of rural society under the influence of commodity market in the middle of Hebei Province in modern times,and concludes that the production structure of agriculture and handicraft industry has been adjusted to a certain extent,the capital market shows a diversified trend in development,and the rural ideology is increasingly in line with the world.All in all,the rural commodity market is a window to understand the modern society.Through the analysis and investigation of the rural commodity market,it is helpful to understand the social living conditions of the people in the middle of Hebei Province and the modernization process of the countryside.