1960年以来中国古文字学的发展(上)--钱存训著《书于竹帛》英文本第二版后序

钱存训教授的这部《书于竹帛》今日已成为经典著作.当他从事此书写作时,虽然他自己并未想到,但其时机的重要恰与此书的内容相同.他开始写作是20世纪50年代末期,当时长期的抗日战争和其后的内战方告结束,在继起的那一段相当和平的年代,才能出版考古学者在战前所发掘的许多重要成果①.以此,钱氏方能将这些资料综合归纳成为他的一家之言,用以述说中国古文字的发展和古代书籍的制作.他的这部书原刊于1962年,但却成为此后十年间在此领域内最后的出版品之一②.首先,在这一段时间内中国的纸张极其缺乏,学术性的出版物都陷于停顿;紧接着就是文化大革命,使所有学术工作都几乎停顿了六年之久.所以钱氏的这部《书于竹帛》堪称为中国古文字学初期研究的总结.     

20世纪60年代以来美国女性单亲家庭变迁初探

20世纪60年代以来,美国女性单亲家庭数量骤增,引发大规模道德批判风潮,政治倾向日渐保守,政府福利政策随之紧缩。综观其发展历程可知,两性经济格局的变更,婚姻与性观念的嬗变,单身母亲自有的婚育价值观,政府公共政策的双重作用,合力推动了美国女性单亲家庭的群体扩张。就所占比重和贫困程度而言,黑人女性单亲家庭是尤其值得关注的群体。对以母子为基本关系单位的家庭模式的认可度,以及黑人社区中适婚男性数量上的匮乏,是美国黑人家庭中女性单亲家庭比重较大的特定因素。     

The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History

Our respondents, North American and British alike, have provided a series of perceptive comments on our essay “A Peripheral Vision”. They are as wide-ranging as they are well argued and provide ample food for thought on the direction of Communist historiography, not only in Britain but in America and beyond. We want to thank all of them for their informed, often argumentative and sometimes critical collaboration, as well as Dan Leab, the editor of American Communist History, who has made this exchange possible.     

Strategies in northern development in Canada since the late 1960's

From the late 1960's onwards the northern part of North America has undergone the most significant social, political and economic transformation in its history.

This paper will look at some of the main reference points in the political economy of northern Canada, and will overlay this with a review of the evolution of key development strategies, policy statements, and mega‐project impact assessments that have happened during the past two decades.

Significant shifts in northern development perspectives have occured throughout this period; these will be analyzed and some important future trends and issues will be discussed.     

Alarm Bells from the Past: The Troubling History of American Military Commissions

Among the most controversial of President George W. Bush's responses to the deadly September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was his issuance two months later of an order authorizing the trial before military commissions of aliens suspected of membership in that murderous organization or of involvement in terrorist activities. ¹ Two years after Bush's promulgation of that November 13, 2001 military order, no terrorist has yet stood trial before such a tribunal. That is not a bad thing. The history of American military commissions suggests that this is a legal device vulnerable to abuse that should be used only with the utmost caution.