“大历史”与“整体史”——黄仁宇学术思想的一个渊源问题

黄仁宇的"大历史"观是一种经验历史哲学,形成于20世纪70年代,深受法国年鉴学派尤其是布罗代尔"整体史"与"长时段"理论的影响。黄仁宇学术思想受其影响主要来自纽约、哈佛与剑桥;其中,哈佛学派给了黄仁宇反面的激励,而剑桥学派则让他受益匪浅;另外,其独特的叙事方式也与这一时期年鉴新史学的转型有关。具体而言,这种影响可归为两点:一是宏观视野和整体思维融入大历史之中,二是关于资本主义的研究。

Macro-history and Total History: the Origin of Ray Huang's Academic Thinking

Macro-history Concept of Ray Huang,falling into category of the Experience Philosophy of History,was formed in the 1970 s.It had been deeply influenced by the French Annals School,especially by Fernand Braudel s thoughts of Macro-history and "long-term cycles".Ray Huang s academic thinking owed much to New York,Harvard and Cambridge.He was greatly benefited from the Cambridge School and motivated,to a larger extent,by the Harvard School from which his ideas differed,though.Moreover,Ray Huang s narration was...