Umbilical ties: The framing of the Overseas Chinese as the Mother of the Revolution

One of the most iconic expressions in the last one hundred years associated with Sun Yat-sen, Nanyang and the 1911 Revolution of China has been “The Overseas Chinese are the Mother of the Revolution.” This paper traces the hazy origin of the slogan in its particular, well-known form as well as through paraphrases by examining its linkages to Sun Yat-sen and a wide body of writings from different periods. It highlights the waxing and waning of its usage, pointing to a period of high currency in the early 1930s, fading out in the 1940s, emergence as a Cold War coinage in Taiwan from the 1950s to the 1980s, and its surfacing as a focus of scholarship in the mainland of China after 1978. The final sections of the essay explore the more recent transformation of the saying in Nanyang popular culture through museum displays, theatre performance, and film. Over time, the saying, in its various configurations, serves to use it as an umbilical cord connecting the Chinese diaspora with its ancestral land.     

革命的“病理学”——布林顿对“革命”的开拓性研究及其影响

布林顿的<革命的分析>是西方"革命学"(the study of revolution)中一部影响深远的著作.该书运用类似于"病理学"的自然科学方法对英、美、法、俄四国革命进行了深入的解剖和比较.布林顿认为旧制度的结构缺陷、知识分子忠诚的转移和统治阶级内部的分裂是这几场革命的共同原因;这几场革命都可以大致划分为旧制度的垮台、温和派统治时期、激进派统治时期和热月反动等四个阶段;革命的后果是政府效率的显著提高、财产的转移以及"成功革命传统"的形成.布林顿的理论对于后来的革命研究产生了深远的影响.     

中共十一届三中全会以来“文化大革命”成因问题研究述评

"文化大革命"是中共党史研究者极为关注的重要研究课题.随着科研环境的优化及相关史料的涌现,关于"文化大革命"成因的研究呈现出欣欣向荣的可喜局面.对"文化大革命"成因问题的研究状况做一回顾与评述,将有助于"文化大革命"史研究的深入.     

The Phinney Site: The Remains of an American Armed Vessel Scuttled During the Penobscot Expedition of 1779

During the autumn of 1999 and 2000, members of the US Naval Historical Center's Underwater Archaeology Branch conducted an archaeological investigation of a wooden-hulled shipwreck in the Penobscot River, Penobscot County, Maine. The shipwreck site, known locally as the 'Phinney Site', represents a middle-to-late 18th century vessel. Attributes of the vessel's construction and artefact assemblage indicate that it was American-built, owned, and operated. Data recovered during the excavations have established an association between the shipwreck and the 1779 American fleet of nine armed ships scuttled in the river near the present-day city of Bangor during the final days of the Penobscot Expedition.
© 2004 The Nautical Archaeology Society     

辛亥革命与禁烟运动

清末禁烟新政虽然卓有成效,但却无法挽救清王朝的覆亡命运,反而加速了辛亥革命的爆发。辛亥革命使中国社会天翻地覆,自然也影响到了正在进行的禁烟运动。辛亥革命初期．由于政局动荡,禁烟运动受到了阻碍;而革命政权一旦稳固,中央及各地革命政府便立即将禁烟提上日程,雷厉风行。采取各种有效措施,进一步推动了禁烟运动的发展。袁世凯窃国后,因辛亥革命的成果尚留余波,故禁烟运动仍能继续发展。而辛亥革命的成果一旦被破坏殆尽,陷入军阀混战,则禁烟运动便沦没于无形之中。革命固然不可避免地给社会带来阵痛,但却能使整个社会得以新生,而否定革命成果,则必然为社会近代化进程带来莫大危害。民主革命与社会近代化建设之辩证关系。由此可见一斑。     

周恩来与“文化大革命”时期的粮食问题

"文化大革命"使国民经济遭受了严重损失。周恩来殚精竭虑,采取种种措施,稳定粮食局势。他劝说红卫兵和造反派不能冲击农业生产,坚持抓南粮北调局面的改变,用"以出养进"的办法开展粮食外贸,努力解决"三个突破"中的粮食"窟窿"问题,认真贯彻藏粮于民的思想,常抓节约粮食。周恩来高度重视粮食问题的思想和为民谋利的风范至今仍有现实意义。     

国民革命时期安徽若干历史问题辨正

国民革命时期,安徽政象复杂,许多史实扑朔迷离,不易厘清。现存史著在重构此段历史时,存在不少史实上的错误,亟待纠正。     

珍惜党领导人民探索社会主义前进道路的历史——论更加公正客观地看待党在“文化大革命”十年中的失误

“文化大革命”十年是党史、国史的有机组成部分 ,“十年浩劫”这一寓意抹杀一切的不准确表述 ,不宜作为这一历史时期的代名词。为了正确地总结和汲取历史经验 ,对毛泽东在“文化大革命”十年期间的具体言行应予辩证扬弃。批判前人的失误 ,应取适度宽容的历史主义态度 ,不宜苛责。为了保证党和社会主义政权不变质并顺利实现中华民族的伟大复兴 ,应永不动摇地坚持按照党的十一届六中全会决议确定的框架看待党史、国史。     

Keeping Up Appearances: Dress, Architecture, Furniture, and Status at French Azilum

Situated in northern Pennsylvania, French Azilum was a late eighteenth-/early nineteenth-century community of elite French refugees escaping the French Revolution. Inhabitants of the isolated community expressed the need to reconstitute themselves as the privileged class of the ancien régime by attempting to dress, build their homes, and furnish them in a certain fashion to distinguish themselves as elites and to reestablish the social hierarchy of the ancien régime in a frontier outpost. In this paper, we explore how the settlers at French Azilum used architecture, furnishings, and dress in an attempt to keep up appearances.