从《申报》看辛亥革命后苏沪等地典当业的经营

典当业是中国最古老的高利贷金融行业,它对维持平民生计和维护社会稳定有一定的作用。辛亥革命之后,苏、沪等地社会动乱,兵匪横行,社会经济恶化,民国政府不再把官款"发典生息",以及民元之后的"剪辫易服"等,所有这些都使典当这一古老的金融行业陷入了经营困境之中。

Shen Bao and Management of Pawnshop in Shanghai and Jiangsu after the 1911 Revolution

As the oldest usurious financial business in China, the pawnshop had its share in making a living of the populace and maintaining the social stability. On account of the social unrest, turbulent years of war as well as the worsening economy after 1911 revolution, the pawnshop, an old financial business, got into the operating trouble, moreover, among the reasons were the policy of never getting interest from loaned money and the practice of cutting braids, dressed in Western-style clothes.