19世纪末以来，中国社会史研究产生了大量卓 有成绩的学者和大批重要的学术成果。常建华编著的 《中国社会史经典精读/现代学术经典精读》是现代 学术经典精读之一，《中国社会史经典精读/现代学 术经典精读》按照人、 文、事、时的标准，选择了20多篇能够大致反映中国 社会史研究进程的论文或经典著作(节选)，并以开 放的视角和批判的的思维，对这些选文进行简要介绍 和点评，以望对读者在提高学术鉴别能力、学术素养 和奠定研究基础等方面提供帮助。

The Missionary’s Curse tells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. Harrison recounts the popular folk tales of merchants and peasants who once adopted Catholic rituals and teachings for their own purposes, only to find themselves in conflict with the orthodoxy of Franciscan missionaries arriving from Italy. The village’s long religious history, combined with the similarities between Chinese folk religion and Italian Catholicism, forces us to rethink the extreme violence committed in the area during the Boxer Uprising. The author also follows nineteenth century Chinese priests who campaigned against missionary control, up through the founding of the official church by the Communist Party in the 1950s. Harrison’s in-depth study provides a rare insight into villager experiences during the Socialist Education Movement and Cultural Revolution, as well as the growth of Christianity in China in recent years. She makes the compelling argument that Catholic practice in the village, rather than adopting Chinese forms in a gradual process of acculturation, has in fact become increasingly similar to those of Catholics in other parts of the world. “Through a brilliant analysis of Catholicism in one remote village, Harrison leads us to rethink much of the last three centuries of China’s history. Her series of beautifully written narratives challenges not just our usual understanding of Christianity’s reception, but the entire way we think about how local places fit into national and global networks of culture and trade.” —Robert P. Weller, co-author of Rethinking Pluralism: Ritual, Experience and Ambiguity “This is one of the most fascinating books on Christianity in China that I have ever read. By following the history of one Catholic village over more than three hundred years, Henrietta Harrison convincingly shows how Chinese Christians sought authenticity as members of a transnational and global community.” —Nicolas Standaert, author of The Interweaving of Rituals "Harrison has written an ethnographic history that will be a model for future researchers. She has linked archival research (in the Vatican's vast collections) with on-the-spot investigations of villages in north China. None of this work is easy, but the results are spectacularly successful. This is a must read for anyone interested in Chinese social history." —James L. Watson, Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, Harvard University

本書以生活為主題，包含「天子至庶民」、「生活與規範」、「生活與知識」、「生活與文化」四個子題，代表四個不同層次或面向的生活史探索。全書各章嘗試由生活層面切入，力圖進入歷史情境，貼近現實世界，別開生面地營造具有活潑生命力的社會圖像。本書在內容上頗具多元性，作者的學科訓練及處理題材，更包含史學、文學、藝術史，而論述層次上也幅度甚廣，於物質、社會、精神的各個層面都有所觸及。

在中国的历史长河中，江南与淮北的社会变迁可以说是“乾坤大挪移”式的。淮北曾领先或至少不落后于其他地区达3000年之久，在唐以前，长期被视为“鱼米之乡”；而最近一个千年纪则完全衰落，成为经济、社会及生态欠发达之地。江南却在近1000年以来稳步向前发展，南宋时代，太湖流域成为国家的核心地区，有“苏湖熟，天下足”的美誉。明清以来，随着社会的相对安定，纺织技术的进步，江南已遥遥领先于中国其他地区，更领先于淮北地区。《区域社会发展与社会冲突比较研究:以江南淮北为中心(1680-1949)》对江南和淮北进行对比，以找出社会发展和社会衰退的决定性因素及其本质。

江南社会经济史研究入门（研究生学术入门手册），ISBN：9787309090499，作者：范金民 著

明清鼎革是當時驚天動地的大事，漢族知識份子面臨到出處的為難，同時要權衡儒家的價值觀與現實的生活。而滿人的統馭之術亦影響漢族士人的考量。本書分別從「史論」、「人物」與「滿人統治」三方面來討論這個動盪的時代，冀能對明清之際的士人與政治有更深入的呈現。 這本書中的文章分為三類，第一類「史論」，是作者對於學界有關明清之際研究的回顧與論述。很多在此方面的研究，都是著眼於手邊的個案史料，缺乏宏觀與比較的視野。作者在二十多年前就開始論述此領域學界的研究趨勢與特色，也指出一些缺失和問題，可以作為後來者之參考，所以作者收入了六篇文章。第二類「人物」，則是對於當時人物的研究，作者特別以張岱和洪承疇為對象，因為他們似乎是兩個極端的人物，被視為遺民與貳臣的代表。可是細看兩人，卻是別有意境，有過去學界所未注意到的地方。另外兩篇文章則是討論明清之交遺民的交往與遭遇。第三類「滿人的聲音」，則是從滿人的角度來看這段時期，因為滿人的統治策略與漢化程度，也深深影響到明末清初知識份子出處的考量。此部份是由四篇文章所組成，前兩篇探究清太祖與多爾袞對漢人的統御之術，後兩篇則從文化與族群政策上來討論滿人的措施。