近代旅日闽侨与侨乡联系探究(1840-1945)

在不同的历史时段和不同的区域,华侨与侨乡之间存在着不同的联系状况。基于普通华侨社会生活史的角度,考察了近代旅日闽侨与侨乡的多元联系及其演变形态,认为这些来自社会底层的普通华侨,与侨乡社会保持了不可分割的历史联系,逐渐成为侨乡社会发展的推动力,拓展了侨乡社会的外部发展空间,倡导今后运用历史社会学的田野调查方法,探寻其联系的不同方式及其影响,以期拓展日本华侨史研究的学术视野,深化对侨乡社会文化变迁的认识。

A Study of the Contacts between Fujian Emigrants in Japan and Their Hometowns in Modern Times:from 1840 to 1945

There exists different forms of contacts between the overseas Chinese and their hometowns according to historical periods and regions.This essay explores the multiple contacts and the evolution between Fujian emigrants in Japan and their hometowns in modern times from perspective of history of social life of common overseas Chinese.The author argues that the ordinary overseas Chinese who came from the bottom of the society stayed in touch with their hometowns all the time and had gradually become the driving force of the social development in their hometowns by which the external space for development of their hometowns had been expanded.The author also advocates adopting methods of field research in historical sociology in order to expand the academic perspective of research on the history of overseas Chinese in Japan,and to deepen the understanding of social and cultural changes of the hometowns of overseas Chinese.