再造“本埠”:近代邮政与上海城市地理变迁  

Reconstructing Locality:Postal Systems and Urban Geographical Transformation in Ea Modern Shanghai

作　　者：陈鑫盛 Chen Xinsheng

机构地区：[1]上海大学新闻传播学院

出　　处：《新闻与传播研究》2024年第9期98-111,128,共15页Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies

基　　金：上海市社科规划青年课题“邮政系统与上海都市现代性的形成(1896-1949)”(项目编号:2023EXW003)的阶段性研究成果。

摘　　要：邮政网络与城市地理的交织关联是既有邮政研究忽视的面向。基于此,论文将邮政视为一种城市地理的构成要素,通过对近代上海邮政的历史考察,认为邮政网络在嵌入城市的过程之中,至少带来三个层面的社会地理转变:在专业空间层面,邮政建筑及设备的分布格局伴随着国营化历程中不同社会力量的介入而被持续拓展与调整,在城市中逐渐形成包括邮局、邮筒、支局、商铺信箱等形式的基础设施网络;在商业空间层面,邮政设定的物件流通体系及其所激发的社会经济交往,促使商店函购部、书信代写点、邮票代售处等城市商业形态兴起;在社会空间层面,邮政系统根据通讯地址投递邮件,促使作为新兴地址形式的街道门牌号码被广为推行,使得上海率先形成以门牌地址为基本单位的人居地理环境。总而言之,邮政网络在覆盖城市的同时,也使得上海朝向网络化城市的薪新样态转变。邮政地理构成近代上海都市空间的重要面向,并且丰富了交通媒介塑造上海乃至近代中国都市现代性的理论维度。This paper explores the often-overlooked link between postal networks and urban geography,positioning the postal system as crucial to urban development.Focusing on early modern Shanghai,the study reveals three dimensions of socio-geographical change driven by the postal system's integration.First,the expansion and reconfiguration of postal infrastructure,including post offices and mailboxes,was influenced by various social forces during nationalization.Second,the postal system facilitated new commercial entities like mail-order departments and letter-writing services through its object circulation mechanisms.Third,the emphasis on communication addresses for mail delivery accelerated the standardization of street names and house numbers,making Shanghai one of the first cities to implement a residential numbering system.These developments connected Shanghai to a wider postal network and transformed it into a"networked city,"enhancing our understanding of how communication media shaped modernization in early 2Oth-century Chinese cities.

关 键 词：近代上海 邮政 城市 媒介地理 基础设施 

分 类 号：G219.29[文化科学—新闻学] K25[历史地理—历史学] C912.81[历史地理—中国史] F614[经济管理]