Study On Chinese Social And Economic History Over The Past 30 Years

Since the recent thirty years'reform and opening up, the Chinese earth has got a tremendous change and took on a new look, ensuing the great development and achievements on the research of Chinese history and its social and economic history. As the pioneering economic comprehensive research publication in our country, it is at present one of the two comprehensive studies site on social and economic history. Likewise, as an important academic front for social and economic historical research, it witnessed our nation's earth-shaking changes and the historical progress since the reform and opening-up policy.The Chinese social and economic history works as one branch in historical study, meanwhile, it has the dual features for it is an interdisciplinary subject between history and economics and closely related with sociology and anthropology. It developed rapidly and has produced considerable high-quality research output, making great progress in historical data and collating and collecting of data. There appeared not only a series of high-quality historical compiles, research paper and articles, but also a flock of excellent social and economic historical research groups gathered together centering on scholarly journals. It is beneficial for researchers to make academic debate and exchanges and plays an important role in the research flourish, encouraging and promoting academic innovation, which, as a result, boosts developments of study on social and economic history.The Journal of Chinese Social and Economic History was named by"social and economic history", directly reflecting its research road. Its primary mission is to publish scholarly papers on monographic study. It aims to"the reputation of guiding the world academic articles"and has always been the"base on self, orient to whole nation, outlook to the world"purpose of the whole thing through during the long-term practice. The unique academic glamour lies in two aspects: on the one hand, it integrates the economic history with social history while investigates social general structure, especially emphasizing the scout for folk historical data (such as contract documents, account books , genealogy, inscriptions, etc ) and social practical surveys( such as township cases, folk-customs, etc). Studying economy from standpoint of social history, and analyzing society from that of economic history, its special focus of attention is social daily life and economic activities. It develops a school of its own in the study of Chinese social and economic history as it were. On the other hand, the journal makes full use of local advantages, stresses the regional detailing research, and published numerous articles on the interior economy in Fujian area as well as the foreign trade.This dissertation uses methods of analysis, comparison, and induction, combining with theory and methods of history, economics, sociology, statistics, literature and other subjects. By summarizing the research papers published on The Journal of Chinese Social and Economic History and the historical and practical achievements, and by investigating the characteristics of the journal, it aims to discover the development skeleton and academic tradition of Chinese social and economic history. Similarly, by drawing out the experience from its development.