近代荊沙地區棉花運銷路線變遷研究(1896-1936)

A Study on the Changes of Cotton Transportation and Marketing Routes in Jingzhou and Shashi（1896－1936）

從清末至抗戰爆發前，荊沙地區棉花運銷路線變遷歷經三個階段。清末至一戰，荊沙棉花以「拾遺補缺」式流入四川；一戰至20世紀20年代，在中國棉紡織工業不斷發展的背景下，荊沙棉花開始在長江流域分銷；20世紀20年代至抗戰爆發，荊沙棉花運輸長江中下游地區，以紗廠消費為主。此流通過程的演進，一方面顯示了荊沙地區傳統貿易網路的韌性，另一方面也表明該地區在進入近代之後，經濟發展具有相當程度的外向性。在對荊沙地區棉花流動過程探討的基礎之上，筆者將對中國近代內陸港口城市的經濟發展之路進行歸納總結——經濟發展的主動性與依賴性並存；經濟發展是總的趨勢，但緩慢為其主要特徵。

From the late Qing dynasty to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese war, the route of cotton transportation in Jingzhou and Shashi changed through three stages. From the late Qing dynasty to the First World War, the cotton transported to Sichuan province. The cotton began to diverge in the Yangtze river basin in 1914-1923 with the continuous development of Chinese cotton textile enterprises. From the 1920s to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese war, cotton was transported in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze river, mainly costumed in the mill. The evolution of this transportation process shows, on the one hand, that the region's trade network pattern continued from the Ming and Qing dynasties is extremely resilient, and on the other hand, it also shows that China has a considerable degree of autonomy in economic development after entering the modern era. Based on the discussion of the cotton flow process in Jingzhou and Shasi, the author will summarize the economic development pattern of inland port cities in modern China. The initiative and dependence of economic development coexist, economic development is a trend, but it is characterized by slowness.