将老百姓还原于历史:美国社会史学的发展

本文概述了社会史在美国的发展,重点讨论了社会史的起源、发展及其面临的挑战。作者也考察了社会史研究方法的变迁,包括借鉴人种史、心理学、社会学、行为科学及计量学的研究方法。美国社会史对于历史研究的贡献在于:普通老百姓不仅有自己的历史而且还对历史的发展作出了贡献;社会史还使超越政治的各种人类行为成为历史研究中不可缺少的部分。美国社会史的诞生及成长绝非一帆风顺,特别是自20世纪60年代以来,社会史学家不仅需要面对其他史学同行的挑战,而且还要在与保守派的斗争中赢得美国公众的支持。     

中国蒙古族历史与文化学术研讨会综述

为了弘扬蒙古族优秀的传统文化,交流近年来蒙古史研究的最新成果,探讨在新时期蒙古族社会的可持续发展问题,2 0 0 3年1 0月3日至5日,国家民委民族问题研究中心、内蒙古大学蒙古学研究中心及蒙古学研究院、云南大学西南边疆少数民族研究中心、中国蒙古史学会、云南省通海县政府等单位,在云南昆明联合举办了中国蒙古族历史与文化学术研讨会。本次研讨会引起了蒙古族研究界的极大兴趣。我国内蒙古、云南、新疆、青海、北京、香港和台湾等省区以及美国、日本、韩国等国家的1 2 0余位代表参加了会议。会议进行了广泛的学术交流,代表们各抒己见,讨…     

The Chevert: A History

The Chevert was built for Napoleon III's navy between 1850 and 1863. It served as a transport to supply French colonies in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its service was primarily in peacetime, never entering into battle. It entered the private merchant service in the early 1870s and in 1875 served William Macleay's scientific expedition to New Guinea, which became known as the Chevert Expedition. It subsequently re-entered the merchant service before being wrecked in a cyclone in 1880. Not yet lost to history, it served as an office and impromptu fortress in Vanuatu: firstly for the English and then for the French. Its final resting place was Port Sandwich, Malekula, Vanuatu. For a relatively small transport ship it attracted many more headlines than its weight might predict.