Inga Clendinnen,Historian (1934–2016)

Inga Clendinnen has been described as an anthropologist, a public intellectual, a writer, a poet in prose, a Mesoamericanist, and a student of the Holocaust and Australia. She was all this, but she insisted that she was always and mainly a historian. A cultural historian without portfolio, I would say. This essay aims to introduce her written work as a whole, its main purposes, themes, and approach.     

Trude Dothan (1922–2016): In Memoriam

Abstract

This paper sheds new light on the most common type of pottery associated with advanced phases of Early Bronze I (EB I) in the southern Jordan valley: the distinctive family or group known as Um Hammad Ware, or Proto-Urban D (PUD) Ware. To date, this kind of pottery was thought to be concentrated mostly around the site of Tell Um Hammad. This study presents new evidence suggesting that this ware was dispersed over a region considerably wider than previously understood, and that the centre of its manufacture was probably in the region of western Wadi Far'ah. This paper also explores the possibility that the origins of this family are to be found in the pottery traditions of the Golan region during the Chalcolithic period.     

芜湖海关史料(1922—1931年)

1877年芜湖海关建立后,除逐年编制年报外,1882—1931年这五十年间还以十年为一期,编制了五期《芜湖海关十年报告》,内容除了同芜湖海关业务有关的贸易和关税情况外,对芜湖以及安徽全省的工业、农业、商业、交通运输、财政金融,人口、文化教育、邮政等均有记述或统计,对于研究安徽近代经济发展有一定参考价值。兹将汪明译稿《芜湖海关十年报告》(1922—1931),摘要以《芜湖海关史料》为题予以发表,供参考。     

中国抗日战争与国际关系(1931—1941)

从“九·一八”事变到珍珠港事变,中国在长达10年的时间里英勇地抵抗了日本帝国主义的武装侵略。日本悍强,中国积弱,而又乏外援,张伯伦之流在卢沟桥事变后以为中国很快就要变成第二个阿比西尼亚,但是中国的抗战奇迹般地坚持下来了。1931—1941年是中国孤军奋战的时期,斗争异常艰苦,研究抗战这一阶段的中外关系,吸取其中的经验教训,是很有必要的。     

朱培德与抗战准备(1931-1937)

朱培德作为国民党军的高级将领、蒋介石的幕僚长,从九一八事变到一二八淞沪抗战,对日态度经历了由避战到迎战的转变,促成转变的原因一方面是日本侵略野心的彰显,另一方面则是他有着基本的民族主义思想。朱培德积极参与了多项国防规划与建设,筹划军队整理与加强训练,他的努力成为抗战准备的一部分。朱培德在全面抗战爆发前的思想变化与行为相当典型,可为部分国民党军高级将领的代表。     

大连港的中转贸易(1907—1931)

由于优越的地理位置和自由港的贸易政策 ,190 7年后大连成了中国北方诸港与日本之间贸易的中转港。大连港的崛起 ,一方面加深了日本与北方诸港的贸易交往 ,另一方面也导致了大连与北方诸港间相互地位的调适。     

上海银行公会改组风波(1929—1931)

192 9年至 1 93 1年 ,上海银行公会不甘被强制改组为同业公会 ,联合钱业公会以及平、津、汉等地银行公会 ,奔走交涉于各方之间 ,要求国民政府颁布银钱公会单行法规章 ,但在强大的压力下最终遵行法规组织起同业公会 ,又改组原公会为银行学会 ,这得到了金融业的赞同 ,也为国民党当局所认可。上海市银行业同业公会大体上继承了原银行公会的组织制度、全部会员银行乃至社会地位。银行公会改组风波对上海金融业所产生的冲击 ,还只是外在的 ,间接的。