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中国的历史之路 - [英]伊懋可

中国的历史之路

[英]伊懋可

出版社

浙江大学出版社

出版时间

2023-03-31

ISBN

9787308233125

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍
翻开这本书，最先撞进眼里的不是结论，而是三个近乎执拗的追问：中国凭什么在罗马崩溃、历代王朝纷纷瓦解之后仍维持长期统一？又凭什么在中世纪把经济和技术甩同代欧洲身后，却在17世纪骤然落后？伊懋可的锋利之处，在于他三十出头便敢以有限的史料搭建一条贯穿长时段的逻辑链，把“中世纪经济革命”与“高水平平衡陷阱”这两个命题抛出来，逼读者重新思考“停滞”究竟意味着什么。它不是资料堆砌的断代史，而是一次以问题驱动的分析：市场如何织成全国网络、货币如何牵动全局、道路与运输怎样改写历史走向。正因论证粗糙、细节时有疏漏，它反而成为一面镜子——照出西方汉学在特定年代的想象力与局限，也照出今日“大分流”“内卷化”讨论的来处。适合想理解中国史研究脉络、而非只求事实清单的读者。
作者简介
伊懋可（Mark Elvin，1938— ），剑桥大学博士，澳大利亚国立大学历史系荣休教授，当代著名历史学家。主要研究领域为：中国经济史、文化史、环境史。代表作有：《中国的历史之路》（另译《中国历史的模式》）、《大象的退却》等。
AI导读
核心看点
  • 提出高水平平衡陷阱解释技术停滞
  • 对比中西历史解答帝国统一之谜
  • 重构唐宋中古经济革命理论框架
读者共识
  • 理论极具启发性但部分论证存疑
  • 经典之作值得重读以获新感悟
  • 需结合新史料批判性吸收观点
精彩摘录
  • "why did the Chinese Empire stay together when the Roman Empire, and every other empire of antiquity or the middle ages, ultimately collapsed?"
  • "why did China after about 1350 fail to maintain her earlier pace of technological advance while still, in many respects, advancing economically?"
  • "The growing market for grain was one of reasons for the consolidation of the manorial regime in Sung times;...It is unlikely that the manor owners would have been as interested as they were in better techniques if it had not been possible for them to sell the surplus... In any event, the evidence sh"
  • "Tang records suggest that the Chinese had trouble building highways that did not become impassable in the summer rains. By Song times, however, not only were a good number of city streets paved with stone slabs, but surfacing intercity routes with bricks or stone seems to have been quite common."
  • "The greatest economic impetus was given by the growth of river and canal shipping... In consequence, a number of hitherto separate waterway systems were now linked into an integrated whole, and formed the foundation for the nationwide market which emerged at this time."
  • "What were the causes of this monetary revolution? One factor was the growing interdependence of the regional Chinese economies, based on the higher agricultural productivity and improved transport already described. ... Actions taken in the field of monetary policy by one government were apt to have"
  • "The chief weakness of this rudimentary nationwide remittance system (regarding paper money) was that it worked in one direction only, from the capital to the provinces."
  • "(因為坊市的嚴格規定，無法滿足農村的交換需求)a separate system of unofficial markets...gradually grew up in the countryside to cater for the needs of the farmers...The old system gave way during the ninth century to an era of vastly increased commercial freedom. ...The Chinese rural economy was becoming linked with the m"
目录
图表目录 ................................................................................................ xxxi
上编 世界上最大最持久的国家的形成
第一章 帝国及其幅员 ......................................................................3
第二章 早期中华帝国 ....................................................................10
第三章 公元 3 世纪的危机 ............................................................22

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农村/农民/农业研究必引文献，概念提炼不弱黄宗智、李明珠，奈何70年代的书早该译介，今天再见未免老生常谈。#回忆痛苦的通过仪式……
作者提出了“高水平平衡陷阱”理论。他认为传统后期的中国经济发展已达到没有工业-科学投入情况下的极限，随着人口持续增长，农业剩余产品递减，人均收入和人均需求下降
1.中文版序—第四章、第九章；2.页28，“就这样，苏峻……”翻译有误。
老早之前读过英文版，暂且标记读完。书出来之后看看翻译质量。🤣李伯重自己的学术成长也离不开伊懋可。
一颗星给策划
“这是一本从一个典型的欧洲人视角来看中国历史发展模式的重要研究著作。书中将中国的历史发展与同时代罗马帝国或欧洲中世纪的历史对比，得出了令人信服或予人启发的结论。作者认为：尽管传统后期的中国出现了技术停滞，但中国人的技术创造力具有深厚的历史根基，一旦苏醒，将令世人震惊。本书译文严谨，注释细致规范，堪称上乘之作。”
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