Evolution of Modern Postal Space of Yangtze River Delta: A Discussion about Standard Market
Evolution of Modern Postal Space of Yangtze River Delta: A Discussion about Standard Market
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2021
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刘雅媛
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刘雅媛
In the past, most of the modern postal historical materials were used by the compilers of postal history, but did not receive the attention of the researchers of economic history. On the basis of existing research, this paper attempts to sort out the development of modern postal industry in three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta by using three kinds of historical materials: the annual report of modern postal affairs, the compilation of postal offices and the postal atlas, and to restore the formation and evolution of modern postal space in the Yangtze River Delta from four aspects: the division of postal areas, the grades of postal points, the types and mileage of postal routes. It is found that the evolution of the postal industry in the Yangtze River Delta reflects the process of the unification of postal rights from differences. As far as modern state-owned postal services are concerned, the Yangtze River Delta region is in the forefront of the country in the number of postal points, business volume and revenue and expenditure of postal areas. Within the region, the ranks of postal points of Jiangsu, Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai city correspond to the local administrative ranks relatively, while in Anhui province, there is obvious inconsistency, reflecting the deviation between the economic center and the administrative center. The core area of the Yangtze River Delta, namely Jiangnan, shows strong regional consistency and obvious differences with the surrounding areas in terms of the density of postal points or the type of postal routes. In addition, the close relationship between postal network and market network can be further found from the selection of postal sites, types and scales of postal business. The restoration of postal network also provides new ideas for the study of modern Jiangnan standard market network. It is found that postal network overlaps with standard market network in the modern Jiangnan region to a high degree and reflects strong geographical characteristics.
