The Research Of The Exploitation And Social Change In Modern Xiangxi From The View Of Regional History

This thesis is to study the development and social change of Xiangxi (western Hunan) in modern times. Starting with the interpretation of development history, taking the governance and development activities as the clues, focusing on the historical facts of development and social change, this thesis, from the perspective of regional history (theory and method), summarizes the historical process of Xiangxi development in modern times, deeply explores its characteristics and historical influence, and elaborates the basic information of the resulting social change. Through that empirical case, this thesis reveals the social changing track of a local society in the macro-historical background so as to promote regional history research.Main content and viewpoints:In Xiangxi, there is a long history of development which, in the "central-local" relationship mode, appeared to be imbalanced in different historical stages and thus resulted in significant difference in the social change. In modern times, the development of Xiangxi, influenced by the macro-historical process, became more and more closely integrated into the major historical processes, and the development and the change were obviously expanded and deepened in breadth and depth. But at the same time, the development and the change displayed differences and imbalance in times, scopes, ethnics and connotation, with distinct historical characteristics of governance, promotion, regionalism, ethnics. To analyze this historical case, it is necessary to establish the perspective of regional history in accordance with the overall historical viewpoint. Only in this way can the historical change of this regional society in modern times be explored, which can be a beneficial attempt in the study of regional history.Chapter One--Introduction of the Basis for the Subject Selected and the Survey of the Study. This chapter briefly introduces the basis for the subject selected, the academic trends, the necessity and significance of the study, the major objects of the study, the important and difficult points, the train of thought and study methods, and the innovations and deficiencies.ChapterⅡ--Definition of the "Development History" and the Overview of the Pre-Modern Development of Xiangxi. This chapter explains development, regional development, and the history of regional development, expounds social change and its relationship with the development and governance activities in the historical process, introduces the natural geographical environment of Xiangxi, and probes into the pre-modern development of Xiangxi and the social evolutionary characteristics of ancient Xiangxi development.ChapterⅢ—Summary of Xiangxi Development in Late Qing Dynasty. This chapter summarizes the historical condition of developing Xiangxi in late Qing Dynasty, with emphasis on the exploration of changes in modern times. In the semi-colonial and semi-feudal process, there were some new trends in Xiangxi development, which resulted in some new characteristics of modern times in the socio-historical change.ChapterⅣ--Research of Xiangxi Development in the period of the Northern Warlords. This chapter studies Xiangxi development in the period of the Northern Warlords, analyzes the historical influence of the Revolution of 1911 and the Northern warlords rule on Xiangxi development. It is put forward that Warlord regime caused extremely negative historical influence on the development and social change of Xiangxi in modern times.Chapter Five--Research of Xiangxi development in the Republic of China. This chapter focuses on the governance of Xiangxi by Zhang Zhizhong and Chen Quzhen in the early stage of the Republic of China, as well as the "wartime" development prosperity in Xiangxi during the anti-Japanese war. It also expounds the important features of the socio-historical development and the accelerated process of socio-historical change in Xiangxi.ChapterⅥ--Research of the development of Xiangxi revolutionary base areas during the agrarian reolution. This chapter explores the development and construction of the revolutionary base areas in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou and in western Hubei and Hunan, which proves the important historical role the Chinese Communist Party played in the development and construction of those areas. During that period, new mode of development and construction was set up, which showed a new people-oriented feature.Conclusion:This part analyzes the development history of Xiangxi and the historical characteristics of its social change, summarizes the epochal character, aboriginality, the ethnic character, and imbalance of social change in the process of Xiangxi development in modern times, and this part also points out the major problems to deepen the research of this subject.