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By:Min Ma
Publisher:Social Sciences Academic Press
ISBN:978-7-5201-2602-1
Publication Date:2022-02-28
Language:Chinese
This book discusses the emergence of the "scholar" class in ancient times, the formation and evolution of the traditional gentleman class, and the emergence of the merging of the gentry and the merchants, all the way to the formation of the gentry and merchant class and its role and functions in modern times. It also explores the typology, social attributes, social functions and political participation of the gentry and merchants, and compares them with the early bourgeoisie in the West on a number of levels, and presents insights into "civil society", the "public sphere" and the relationship between government and business in the modernisation process. The publication of this book will not only help to advance the study of the gentry and merchants in modern China, but also deepen the overall understanding of the transformation of modern Chinese society and its structural and institutional changes.