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北美的民族史是持续变动的概念框架与大量历史事实不断互动的产物。最早产生的是浪漫主义的民族史,强调事件、伟人和戏剧性;其后的物质主义观点突出经济发展和物质进步;而稍后兴起的职业历史学家把土地、空间等因素同民族历史联系在一起。新世界的观点把新大陆的特殊性视为民族性,把民族历史置于超越民族的框架下。二战以后,北美历史学家试图保留民族的边界,强调民族的内在联系。这种趋势在70年代被关注多样性和碎裂化的思潮取代。90年代,跨民族主义与民族叙事相互结合。北美历史的七种叙述反映并影响了公众观念,动员了民族认同,完成了建构民族、扩展理解和处理信息的使命。
North American national history is the product of a constantly changing conceptual framework interacting with a host of historical facts. The earliest produced is the romantic history of the nation, emphasizing events, great men and theatricality; the subsequent materialist views highlight economic development and material progress; and later professional historians linked factors such as land and space to ethnic history together. The New World viewpoint regards the particularity of the New World as nationality and puts the history of the nation under the framework of surpassing nationality. After World War II, North American historians attempted to preserve the boundaries of the nation and to emphasize the internal relations of the nation. This trend was replaced by a focus on diversity and fragmentation in the 1970s. In the 1990s, inter-nationalism and national narrative combined. The seven narratives of North American history reflect and influence public perceptions, mobilize national identity, and accomplish the mission of building a nation and expanding understanding and handling of information.