Popular Historical Book Compilat?Communicat And Accept Of The 1980s

The 1980 s was an era of innovation,continuity,reflection and reconstruction.With the social and economic transformation,all fields are also full of new vitality.In order to adapt to the new social system and eliminate the negative impact of the Cultural Revolution on the field of education and culture,it is particularly necessary to carry out patriotic education and popularize historical knowledge to the masses.Popular historical reading materials,as the most popular carrier of spreading historical knowledge,have been highly valued by the country and the historical circles.Therefore,the climax of the compilation and publication of that reading materials appeared in this period.Following the principle of respecting historical facts in materials,being concise in content and propagandizing patriotism emotionally,historians have made great achievements in the compilation of historical popular books.The new writing books about a thousand kinds of genre,including historical style,biography,"story style",travel notes,question-and-answer style,graphic style,historical prose,etc.The types include general history,dynastic history,general historical knowledge,cultural knowledge,Chinese revolutionary history,local history,national history,Chinese and foreign biographies,cultural relics and heritage,economic and technological history,and so on.These popular historical reading materials need to be popularized to more audiences through certain channels,so as to play the social function of historiography,during which,the state and the market have played a certain role.The selection of the first "patriotism excellent popular historical reading materials" in 1984 set a benchmark for the compilation and publication of popular historical reading materials,and at the same time attracted the attention of all social strata to historical popular reading materials,promoted the publication and distribution of excellent reading materials.The large-scale reading activities,especially such as "rejuvenating China" workers' reading activities,involved tens of millions of people of different profession and ages,including workers,peasants,youth,and children,ect.The activity ncluded special lectures,book reviews,reading speeches,reading essay,knowledge competition,reading research,thesis defense and other auxiliary forms with a special evaluation and inspiration mechanism.All of that effectively guaranteed the reading effect,accelerated the speed of popular historical reading material's popularization to the public.At the same time,in the wave of comprehensive reform,the book distribution mechanism became diversified,the autonomy of local press enhanced,private bookstores and individual bookstores began to sprung up.Under the system of self-financing,book distribution and sales organizations have put more efforts on the publicity of newly published books and promoted the popularization of reading materials to readers as soon as possible by various book markets,exhibitions and so on.From the millions of circulation and second edition,the more the popular historical reading readers are,the greater the social demand is;from the good comments by existing newspapers,magazines and books,the historical popular reading materials have a relatively high quality and a great influence;from the feedback from ordinary readers,such as reading activities,this batch of popular historical reading materials is widely circulated among the audience,promoting the popularization of historical knowledge in the folk.