经济史研究中的社会环境视角

戴鞍钢认为,在经济史研究中需注意主政官员的地位、政见和财力,他们往往对所在辖区的经济变迁影响甚大,这与当时的社会环境密不可分;应进一步拓宽视野,加强对具体社会环境的历史考察。吴松弟认为,在中国经济现代化的研究中,由于中国领土广袤,区域情况差异较大,经济社会发展亦不均衡,因而从地理学的角度进行剖析,从港口-腹地入手,对于弄清中国现代化空间展开的过程、主导因素及对各区域的深刻影响,对于探讨中国现代化的艰巨性、长期性和区域差异性,有着重要意义。李庆新认为,区域经济史研究需要建立并完善自己学科体系与理论,除了以多元的眼光向下、面向区域外,还要走出区域,把它放在更广阔的空间加以比照,确定其区域特性和它在整体中的地位,需要用联系的、整体的眼光审视区域之间、区域外部的联系与互动,关注外部因素对区城内部的作用与影响。王玉茹认为,运用经济学及相关理论来研究经济史,在于分析说明经济发展历史过程、借鉴历史经验,并通过对中国经济发展历史实践的研究检验经济学理论的合理性;中国经济史研究所取得的进展表明,经济学理论的日益被重视起了重要作用。

About perspectives in Studies of Economical History (Symposium)

Dai Angang proposes that the position, political insight and wealth of the chief official should be noticed in the studies of economical history, and the details of social context should be historically examined. Wu Songdi holds that it is necessary to anatomize from the angle of geography, so as to make clear the process of spreading in space, the leading factor and the deep influence on various regions of Chinese modernization. Li Qingxi believes that it is necessary to establish and improve our own disciplinary system and theory. Wang Yuru takes that it is important to analyze the historical process of economical development, to learn from historical experiences, and to examine the rationalization of economical theory through the studies of the historical practice in Chinese economical development.