近代江南典当业的经济与社会功能

Economy and Social Function of Latter-Day Pawnbroking Southern of Changjiang River

当铺是近代江南普通民众的一种重要信用机构,近代江南典当数量众多,资本与营业额也颇为惊人,对江南民众的生产生活具有举足轻重的作用。江南典当业的功能不仅体现在它对城乡平民的金融融通功能上,也体现在它对地方公益事业及社会秩序的重要影响上。

The pawnshop is the modern Chiangnan ordinary populace＇s one kind of important credit organs, modem Chiangnan pawns quantity to be multitudinous, the capital and the turnover quite are also astonishing, has the pivotal function to the Chiangnan populace＇s production life. Chiangnan pawns industry not only the function manifests in it allows temporary credit in the function to the city and countryside common people＇s finance, also manifests in it to the place public utility and in the social order important influence.