阿兰·内文斯内战史观初探

A Preliminary Study of the Historical Thought of the Civil War by Allan Nevins

美国内战始终是美国国内外史学界研究的热门话题之一。受时代影响,美国史学家对其内战问题的解读始终莫衷一是。作为美国著名的内战史专家,阿兰·内文斯(Allan Nevins)综合了多个史学流派的观点,从经济、文化以及道德因素等方面对美国内战起因问题进行了综合性的解读,并在乐观主义的指导下对内战的结果持有一种积极的态度。文章通过对阿兰·内文斯内战史观的解读,可以让我们对美国内战有一个更为深入的理解。

American Civil War has always been one of the hot topics among historians both at home and abroad.Historians in the United States have different understandings of the civil war influenced by the times.As one of the prominent American historian in Civil War area,Allan Nevins made a synthesis of many schools,studied the cause of the Civil War through economic,culture and moral factors,and held a positive state of the result of the civil war under the guidance of optimism.Nevins’study can give us a deeper understanding of the American Civil War.