Ren Dongli 's Study Of American History

Ren Donglai is a famous scholar of American history research in our country. He has an open academic vision and very extensive research in field, involving the United States political history, the history of American constitutional, the history of the United States diplomatic policy, the history of Sino-US relations, etc. He had made rich research results in each of these areas, especially striking in the field of American history research results. However, the Academia do not have overall systematic study for his achievements in the field of American history research study up to now. This article is trying to take the title of Ren Donglai’s about American historical, analyze his research and summary his Achievements about American History, reveal his outstanding contributions to American history Institution and evaluate his status and influence in the field of study Objectively.The introduction has two parts:Significance of the topic and research profiles. The first chapter introduces Ren Donglai’s life and his academic career, analyzes the origin and development of his thought about American Historiography.The second chapter analyzes Ren Donglai’s study of US domestic politics. This section is divided into four parts to discuss:the American political system, the US economy and government policy, the US President and the presidential election and the summary.The third chapter analyzes Ren Donglai’s study of American Constitutional History. This part is divided into three parts:American constitutionl and the authority of the Supreme Court to establish, the history of the Supreme Court, compare with The Amecican constitutional history and The Supreme Court and the constitution.The fouth chapter analyzes he was involved in writing the book of The History of the United States diplomatic policy 1775-1989.ln this book, Ren Donglai researched American foreign policy during the Washington system period, the New Deal and the World War Ⅱ era.The fifth chapter analyzes the 1921-1949 years of Sino-US relations in the military and economic aspects. On the economic front to focus on the process of US aid to China and China for aid.Then introduces the Sino-US relations after the founding and other perspective on Sino-US relations.The sixth chapter summarizes theory to American History Research. Summed up the five characteristics:academic inheritance, methods and pragmatic attitude of History, focusing on interdisciplinary research, theoretical innovation, and bottom-up look at the history. These characteristics have important theoretical value and reference to the Later historians and scholars for research about the history of United States.