侨刊中的侨乡社会与“侨”“乡”网络——基于1949年前《新宁杂志》“告白”栏目的分析

Business and Social Networks in the Overseas Chinese Hometown of Xinning and Beyond——An Analysis of Announcements Carried by Xinning Zazhi before 1949

论文以台山侨乡创刊最早的《新宁杂志》"告白"栏目为切入点,通过对其种类和内容的梳理,分析了1949年以前台山侨乡的社会状况。认为当时的台山社会仍与中国社会进程呈现较大的一致性,传统文化的影响依然深厚;同时,"侨"的影响无处不在,台山侨乡的经济、文化和民众生活都因此遭遇了与非侨乡迥异的来自国际政治和经济体系的冲击。此时台山的"侨""乡"网络呈现以侨乡为中心,向各个台山人聚居点辐射和扩散的状态。侨刊本身即是"侨""乡"网络中的一个节点,它见证并参与着此网络的构建。

Xinning Zazhi, published in the overseas Chinese hometown of Xinning, was one of the earliest and most widely-spread Qiaoxing publications in China. The announcements （Gaobai） carried by the magazine were put out by the publisher itself, banks, commercial firms, insurance agents, pharmacies, shipping companies, hotels, bookstores, social societies, and individuals. They touched on a wide variety of activities in the Qiaoxing community, thus providing a wealth of resources for researchers to understand how business and social networks in Xinning and its overseas extensions were operating before 1949.