湘鄂渝黔少数民族集聚区水运贸易对象及空间特征

Object and Spatial Characteristics of Water Transport Trade in the Ethnic Minority Area Straddling the Borders of Hunan,Hubei,Chongqing and Guizhou

明清至民国时期,水运贸易一直是湘鄂渝黔少数民族集聚区重要的商贸流通方式之一,对区域内的流通业以及社会经济的发展起着重要的作用。本文基于已有的文献资料,梳理了近代以来湘鄂渝黔少数民族集聚区水运贸易的主要对象,客观分析了水运贸易的空间分布,勾画了水运贸易的主要特点,以此重新审视水运贸易对湘鄂渝黔少数民族集聚区的重要意义,从而为合理利用水运贸易加快发展当地的经济提出对策建议。

From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China,water transport trade had always been one of the important ways of commerce and trade circulation in the ethnic minority area straddling the borders of Hunan,Hubei,Chongqing and Guizhou,which played an important role in the regional circulation industry and the development of social economy.Drawing on the existing literature,this paper reviews the main objects of the water transport trade inin the ethnic minority area straddling the borders of Hunan,Hubei,Chongqing and Guizhou since modern times,objectively analyzes the spatial distribution of the water transport trade,outlines the main characteristics of the water transport trade,and reexamines the significance of the water transport trade to in the ethnic minority area straddling the borders of Hunan,Hubei,Chongqing and Guizhou,so as to put forward countermeasures and suggestions onaccelerating the development of the local economy through rational use of water transport trade.