Location,Trade,and Rationality:A Study of the Spatial Changes in Grain and Cotton Planting in the Modern Jianghan Plain(1861-1949)
The Jianghan Plain has long maintained a dominant position in rice-based grain production,and this dominance has persisted continuously into modern times With the constantly evolving domestic and foreign economic conditions and the growing connection between ports and the hinterland,there has been a gradual increase in the proportion of cotton cultivation.This resulted in a spatial division of labor in crop cultivation.Research on the changes in crop cultivation in the Jianghan Plain reveals that the geographical environment in which small-scale farmers are located influenced their crop selection.While external economic conditions enhanced the competitiveness of specific crops,the location of ports constrained the extent of trade expansion.Finally,the analysis of changes in crop cultivation demonstrates that the economic advantages historically held by Hankou had become a significant factor in the widening gap between inland and coastal areas during the process of modernization.
Jianghan Plainfarmerscash cropstrade ports and hinterland
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