新时期中国近代社会史研究评析

20多年来,社会史研究已经成为中国近现代史领域中最令人瞩目的方向。中国近代社会史研究经历了学科复兴、体系建构和稳步发展的三个阶段。中国近代社会史研究的时代特征主要体现为:区域社会史成果突出,其理论研究也日趋深化;近代乡村史研究方兴未艾,走向深入;新理念下的社会性别史引人关注。对于传统的中国近代史学科而言,社会史研究的学术贡献主要表现为三个方面:即突破教条,重构体系;汲取新知,更新方法;三大转向,完成转型。跨学科的交叉渗透、多学科理论方法的汲取,为社会史的进一步发展提供了深广的学理基础和诱人的前景。

A Comment on and Analysis of the Researches in Modern Chinese Social History in the New Period

For over twenty years recently,social history studies have developed into a spotlight in the area of modern Chinese history studies,which can be divided into three stages,i.e.restoring subject,constructing system and developing with steady steps.The contemporary characters of the modern Chinese social history studies are as follows:the outstanding results about the regional social history,accompanied by deep studies on the theory,studies about rural society in modern China are just starting to expand and trending towards,and more researchers begin to pay close attention to the social history about sexes by new logos.In term of the previous studies about modern Chinese history,the contribution of the social history studies includes three aspects:breaking through the dogma and constructing system,drawing new knowledge and change theories,finishing three changes and accomplishing the transformation.Interdisciplinary intersections and multi-disciplinary theories provide a profound theory foundation and inviting vistas for social history studies to go forward.