清末民初苏州典当业分布初探

本文根据苏州档案馆所藏的档案史料,从历史人文地理的角度,对清末民初苏州典当业的分布,作了较具体而微的探究。研究显示:清末民初苏州的典当业主要集中于北部和西南部中心城区以及阊门一带。从典当业的选址和经营状况来看,典当适合在中心城区和商业文化繁荣的城厢附郭以及周边市镇生存和发展。典当业分布的地理区位,与苏州城市经济及其功能分区息息相关,这反映了传统典当业依附于商业经济发展的“寄生性”。

Initiative Research about the Distributing of Pawn Broking in Suzhou during the Late-Qing and the Early Minguo

According to the archive of Suzhou historical archive, this paper analyses the distributing of pawn broking in Suzhou during the late-Qing and the early-Minguo concretely, from the point of view of human historical geography. The paper points out, at that time the pawn broking mostly distributed at the north and the south west of the central city and the city gate of Chang. According to the distributing and management of the pawn, we can know that the pawn adapted to develop in the central city, the urban area beyond the city walls and the suburban towns which were all flourishing. The distributing of pawn related to the city economy and the functional subarea. The traditional pawn must adhere to the commercial city economy.