史學專業英語

Preface

Part One Western Civilization

Ⅰ The Ancient World: Foundations of the West To A. D. 500

1 The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

2 The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

3 The Romans: From City-State to World Empire

4 Early Christianity: A World Religion

Ⅱ The Middle Ages: The Christian Centuries A. D. 500～1400

5 The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and German Traditions

6 The Flowering of Medieval Civilization: The Christian Synthesis

Ⅲ The Rise of Modernity: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment 1350 ～1789

7 Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

8 Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion,Commercial Revolution

9 Intellectual Transformation: The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

Ⅳ The Modern West: From the Bourgeoisie Revolution to the Industrial Age 1640～1914

10 The Triumph of England's Parliament: Constitutional Monarchy and Cabinet Government

11 The American Revolution: Independence and Civil War

12 The Era of the French Revolution: The Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

13 Ferment of Ideas: Romanticism, Conservatism, Liberalism, Nationalism

14 The Industrial Revolution: The Transformation of Society

15 Europe in the Industrial Age: Modernization and Imperialism

Ⅴ Western Civilization in Crisis: World Wars and Totalitarianism 1914～1945

16 World War I: The West in Despair

17 The Soviet Union: Modernization and Totalitarianism

18 The Era of Fascism: The Attack on Reason and Freedom

19 World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance

Ⅵ The Contemporary World: The Global Age Since 1945

20 Europe After 1945: Recovery, Realignment, Division

21 U.S. After 1945: Hegemonic Position

22 The New Globalism: Problems and Prospects

Part Two Chinese Civilization

Ⅰ Ancient Chinese Civilization: One of the Four Great Ancient Civilizations

1 Four Great Inventions: the Compass, Gunpowder, Papermaking,and Printing

2 Three Schools of Thoughts in Ancient: Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism

3 The First Emperor of Imperial China: Qin Shi Huangdi

4 The Greatest Dynasty of Imperial China: Hen Dynasty

5 The Classical Literature: The Poetry in Tang and Song Dynasties

Ⅱ Emergence of Modern China: The Semi-Colonial and Semi-Feudalism China

6 The Opium War: Western Powers Arrive

7 The Growing up of the Chinese Modem History: The Self-Strengthening Movement

8 The Revolution of 1911 : Turning Point in Modern Chinese History

Ⅲ Modern Chinese Polities: From “Dark” to ”Bright”

9 The New Culture Movement: the Basis for May Fourth Movement

10 Rise of the Communists: Leader Mao Zedong

11 Anti-Japanese War: Kuomintang and CCP United Front Against Japan

12 Civil War: the Triumph of Communist Party

Main References

高芳英，碩士，1956年生，女，江蘇蘇州人。歷史學教授。先後畢業於蘇州大學、美國克利夫蘭州立大學，1996年、1999年、2002年赴美國、英國留學和訪學。主要從事世界史的教學和研究工作，專業重點是美國史和近現代世界經濟史，出版專著《星條旗下的陰影——美國百年經濟發展中的社會問題探析》、編著《世界地理大發現》，在《世界歷史》、《江海學刊》、《史林》等核心期刊發表論文幾十篇，科研成果多次獲得市廳級二、三等獎，被蘇州市政府列為跨世紀人才。現任蘇州大學社會學院歷史系副主任、世界史專業碩士生導師、中國日本史學會常務理事兼對外交流分會會長，江蘇省世界史研究會副會長。 　　範菊華，博士1962年生，男，江蘇蘇州人。歷史學副教授。先後從事中小學英語教學，大學英語和歷史專業教學，並先後獲英語語言文學碩士和歷史學博士學位，現任蘇州大學社會學院歷史系碩士生導師，承擔世界歷史，當代國際關係和史學專業英語等課程的教學。研究方向為二十世紀國際關係、國際關係史學與理論，主治西方國際關係理論和全球氣候變化，出版專著《國際制度的建構主義分析》，在《世界經濟與政治》、《現代國際關係》、《國外社會科學》、《讀書》等刊物發表論文數篇。 ^[1]