改革开放以来，中国史学界对于世界近现代史进行着逐步深入的思考和探索，不少同行以现代化观念研究近现代历史，在国别、地区现代化史方面取得了突出成绩。正当人们企盼在世界通史方面也有类似成果出现时，武汉大学历史系夏诚教授的《世界现代化史纲——世界体系的形成与第一? Since the reform and opening up, the Chinese historians have conducted in-depth and in-depth thinking and exploration of the modern and contemporary world history. Many colleagues have studied modern history with the concept of modernization and have achieved outstanding successes in the history of the country and the region. Just as people look forward to similar achievements in the history of the world, Professor Xia Cheng, Department of History, Wuhan University, "The Outline of World Modernization History - The Formation and First of the World System?