俭德储蓄会及其在近代上海公共文化领域的影响

Thrift and Savings Society and Its Influence on the Public Culture Sphere in Modern Shanghai

俭德储蓄会是近代上海公益储蓄会的代表。俭德储蓄会不以营利为目的,在激励民众储蓄的同时,宣扬俭德主义,并利用储金收益,举办文化教育、休闲娱乐等公共文化事业,传播先进知识和文明,创新公共文化服务,从而拓展了公共文化空间,在近代上海公共文化领域产生重要影响,是近代上海都市公共性增长的重要表征。

Thrift and Savings Society was the representative of the public welfare savings society in modern Shanghai.Thrift and Savings Society was not for profit.While encouraging people to save money,Thrift and Savings Society promoted frugality and used the proceeds of savings to conduct public cultural programs such as cultural education and leisure and entertainment,spreading advanced knowledge and civilization and making innovations in public cultural services,thus expanding the urban public cultural space.That had an important influence on the public culture sphere in modern Shanghai and was an important symbol of the increasing urban publicity of modern Shanghai.