The article analyzes the changes in orientation, thought and methodology of the Western historiography in the recent 20 years. One of the changes is the emergence and development of the microhistory. Then the article ...The article analyzes the changes in orientation, thought and methodology of the Western historiography in the recent 20 years. One of the changes is the emergence and development of the microhistory. Then the article expounds the main characteristics, achievements and limitation of the microhistory. The main representatives of microhistory, such as Carlo Ginzberg, Carlo Poni, Giovanni Levi, Edoardo Grendi, Robert Darnton et al are shown in the article. The article also introduces the representative works of microhistory, such as " The Cheese and the Worms: the Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller " ( Cartlo Ginzberg ), " The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French History " ( Robert Darnton ), " Inheriting Power: The Story of an Exorcist " ( Giovanni Levi ), " Le Retiur de Martin Guerre " ( Natalie Zeman Davis ), etc.展开更多
Investigating the development of American historiography, theauthor holds that four major trends of thought have appeared suc-cessively in this century, namely, the progressive, the neo-conser-vative, the new-left and...Investigating the development of American historiography, theauthor holds that four major trends of thought have appeared suc-cessively in this century, namely, the progressive, the neo-conser-vative, the new-left and the new American. Meanwhile, alongwith the influence of social sciences on American historiography,historical studies are more and more focusing on specific topics.The impact of aseial sciences and the fragmentation of topics arelowering the macro-comprehensiveness of the studies. This is thereason why few great works of world-wide significance on Ameri-can history have ever been published in the 20th century.展开更多
文摘The article analyzes the changes in orientation, thought and methodology of the Western historiography in the recent 20 years. One of the changes is the emergence and development of the microhistory. Then the article expounds the main characteristics, achievements and limitation of the microhistory. The main representatives of microhistory, such as Carlo Ginzberg, Carlo Poni, Giovanni Levi, Edoardo Grendi, Robert Darnton et al are shown in the article. The article also introduces the representative works of microhistory, such as " The Cheese and the Worms: the Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller " ( Cartlo Ginzberg ), " The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French History " ( Robert Darnton ), " Inheriting Power: The Story of an Exorcist " ( Giovanni Levi ), " Le Retiur de Martin Guerre " ( Natalie Zeman Davis ), etc.
文摘Investigating the development of American historiography, theauthor holds that four major trends of thought have appeared suc-cessively in this century, namely, the progressive, the neo-conser-vative, the new-left and the new American. Meanwhile, alongwith the influence of social sciences on American historiography,historical studies are more and more focusing on specific topics.The impact of aseial sciences and the fragmentation of topics arelowering the macro-comprehensiveness of the studies. This is thereason why few great works of world-wide significance on Ameri-can history have ever been published in the 20th century.
