The Continuation and Changes of History
by Xiang Rong
About This Novel
From politics, economy to society and culture, it shows the modern picture of Britain and even Europe as a whole, and reproduces an important part of the continuation and change of world history. This collection of academic essays by the famous historian Professor Xiang Rong mainly discusses the social transformation of early modern Europe, especially early modern Britain, involving politics, economy, society, culture, and mentality. It also compares Chinese and English. Some of them introduce or write book reviews of new academic works in related research fields. The enclosure movement and poverty issues in Britain in the 16th century, the agricultural revolution in early modern Britain, water conservancy and society in British history, rural commune issues in Russia, and the struggle to eradicate the plague in early modern Western Europe, etc., Have long attracted attention in academic research. Looking at the conflict between old and new values in early modern Britain through the beer hall problem, the Puritan view on education, and the great discussion of the "Piran proposition" by Western scholars, each has made breakthroughs in research perspectives from micro and macro perspectives. For readers who are concerned with the study of modern European history, this is an excellent "light academic" essay.
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