中西交通史学科发展脉络探析

Analysis on Development of History of Sino-foreign Communications

中西交通史是现代史学分科趋势下的产物。19世纪末20世纪初,受西方汉学的影响,禀承晚清域外史地和西北史地研究的学术余流,中西交通史启其端绪。20年代,中西交通史的基本学科框架初步构建。30年代以后,随着史料建设与学科体系的初步确立,中西交通史进入了逐步完善的阶段。80年代以后,在继承与发展前期研究的基础上,中西交通史学科进入了一个崭新的时期,并呈现出新的特点。

The history of Sino-foreign communications results from the specialization of historiography.As the continuation of the research atmosphere of extraterritorial and northwest regions in the late Qing Dynasty,it started to develop in the late 19th century and the early 20th century stimulated by western Sinology.In 1920s,the preliminary framework was established.Since 1930s,it gradually became perfect with the construction of historical materials and the establishment of the subject system.After 1980s,on the basis of inheritance and previous studies,the subject has entered into a new stage with some new characteristics.