三十而立:社会史研究在中国的实践

Thirty Years:on the Practice of Study of Social History in China

新时期中国史学最引人注目的事件是社会史的复兴与发展。30年的中国社会史研究经历了整体社会史、区域社会史、新社会史三个发展阶段,这是一个不断反思和不断创新的过程,也是一个不断走向成熟的过程。三十而立,回顾与前瞻同样重要。

The essay argues that the most prominent phenomenon in Chinese history study at present is the revive and development of social history.It points out that social history study in 30 years has experienced three stages:comprehensive social history;regional social history and new social history.Such process is a continuous retrospect and innovation process as well as a continuous maturing process.