近代租界制度与人口变动研究:以鼓浪屿为例(1840—1941)——兼论与上海租界人口变动主因的差异

Research on the Concession System and Population Changes in Modern Times:A Case Study of Gulangyu Island(1840—1941):Also on the Differences with the Main Causes of Population Changes in the Shanghai Concession

学界多将近代城市化中的人口变动主因归结为经济因素,而对制度因素重视不够。本文以1840—1941年的鼓浪屿为例,详细梳理了鼓浪屿公共租界建立前后中外人口的变动,指出鼓浪屿上外籍人口实际比较少,而中国居民人口增长很快,认为鼓浪屿人口变动原因虽有经济因素,但更重要的是特殊的租界制度。与上海租界相比,鼓浪屿人口变动的主因并非经济因素,而是特殊的租界制度。

Most scholars attribute the main cause of population changes in modern urbanization to economic factors,but do not pay enough attention to institutional factors.Taking Gulangyu Island from 1840 to 1941 as an example,this paper sorts out the changes of the Chinese and foreign populations before and after the establishment of the public concession on Gulangyu Island,and points out that the foreign population on Gulangyu Island was actually relatively small,while the population of Chinese residents grew rapidly.It is believed that although economic factors contributed to the population changes in Gulangyu Island,the special concession system was a much more important reason.In contrast to the Shanghai Concession,the main reason for the population changes in Gulangyu Island is not an economic factor,but relates to the special concession system.