近50余年中国近代机械制造业史研究述评

本文回顾了近50余年来有关中国近代机械制造业史的研究概况,界定了近代机械制造业史的研究范围,梳理了学界在史料整理与出版、论著发表方面的成就,指出近50年来的研究存在着资料整理成果显著而专门论著相当薄弱的特点,认为中国近代机械制造业史研究面临着史料不足的先天困境,加强史料挖掘和理论导向当成为今后研究的重点。

Review of the Study of Mechanical Industry of Modern China for the Past 50 Years

This article is a review of the study of mechanical industry of modern China for nearly 50 years. It defines the mechanical industry, prescribes a limit to the scale of the study. It lists the historical data collections and academic books and articles of this area, indicating that the historical data collections are better than the academic books and articles. The study of mechanical industry of modern China faces the inborn difficulty as the lack of historical data. And the solution is to discover more hi...