英国兰开夏奥尔德姆的近代社会转型初探——一种城市史视角

On British Modern Capitalism Social Transformation:Taking Oldham in Lancashire as Example

英国在中世纪晚期就开始社会转型,兰开夏的奥尔德姆就是英国从传统的封建生产方式向资本主义生产方式转变的一个案例。它从一个以传统农业生产方式为主的乡村,转变成为工业城镇。这种转变既是传统农业生产方式向工业生产方式的转变,也包括人口从农业性质向工业和雇佣劳动的转变,包括从乡村向城镇的聚居的转变。

Britain began its social transformation in the late Middle Ages.During this period,Oldham in Lancashire transformed from a village dominated by traditional agricultural production methods to an industrial town,This transformation is not only the transformation of traditional agricultural production methods to industrial production methods,but also the transformation of population from agricultural nature to industry and employed labor,including the transformation from rural to urban settlements.Therefore,Oldham's change is a case of Britain's transition from a traditional feudal mode of production to a capitalist mode of production.