明清时期商品经济较为发达的地区,如长江三角洲和珠江三角洲等地区市镇的勃兴与繁荣现象已为国内外史学界所重视,研究者从各个不同侧面对这些先进地区的市镇进行了深入细致的探讨与研究,并取得了卓著的成果。然而商品经济不甚发达的地区,如江西、湖南、湖北、四川等内地省份的市镇,除了一些比较大型的以外,大多数市镇却少有研究。为此,笔者选择了江西地区夏布业中心——宜黄县棠阴镇作个案研究,希冀通 In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the booming and prosperous phenomena in the more developed commodity economy areas, such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, have attracted the attention of historians at home and abroad. Researchers conducted in-depth and detailed studies of the municipalities in these advanced regions from different aspects The discussion and research, and has achieved outstanding results. However, in less developed areas such as the cities and towns in the provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, most towns except for some relatively large ones are rarely studied. To this end, I chose the Xiabu Fabric Center in Jiangxi Province - Tangyin Town, Yihuang County for case study, hope that through