THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE RESEARCH OF CHINESE HISTORY

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The research project in 1992-94 tried to analyze the local communities from the following view-points :(1) main historical issues and areas in Chinese society through the documents of the local gazetteers and annals.(2)structures and characteristics of villages in modern China.We summarized this year the research works of each investigator in the attached research report. The major topics discussed in the report are as follows(1)The research on the Ming and Ching period analyzed the interrelations between the strong state power and the local community of its own characteristics.(2)As for the research product on the modern Chinese history, the investigators examined the perception of local community from the informations of mass media on the silk-worm industry. The researcher working on the monetary economy system tried to make broader perspectives linking money flow in China with the world economy system.(3)As the research work of geography, the investigator examined the characteristics of trade activities in free makets in China.We may generally summarize that we could make comprehensive and empirical works and draw the characters of local communities in pre-modern China world.