明清时期乡村手工业的商品生产规模分析

明清时期是原始工业化逐渐兴起的时期,在这一时期乡村手工业的商品生产规模明显扩大,其主要表现是乡村家庭棉纺织业的快速扩张,包括为乡村家庭工业提供原料的棉花种植量和棉花产量、棉布的产量及其远程交易的商品量、从事乡村棉纺织业的人数都有大幅增加。这表明明清时期的中国与西欧的原始工业化一样,存在着许多地区农村家庭手工业生产的重大发展,这些历史积淀为后来的乡村工业腾飞奠定了原始的基础。

Analysis on scale of commodity production of village handicraft industry in Ming Qing Dynasty

The rise of primitive industrialization begins in Ming Qing Dynasty. During this period, the scale of commodity production of village handicraft industry expands obviously, and main performance is the fast expansion of cotton manufacturing industry in village family. As a result, there is a substantial increase in the cotton cultivation quantity, the cotton yield, the output of cotton fabric, the amount of commodities in long-distance transaction, and the population engaged in the village cotton manufacturing industry. This shows that China primitive industrialization in Ming Qing Dynasty is similar to the Western Europe. The village family handicraft industry production has got a significant development in many areas. These history ac- cumulations lay primitive foundation for later soaring of rural industry.