A History of Farming and Reading
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A good fit for
- Ordinary readers who enjoy literary-historical essays and book reviews and want to expand their reading lists
- Writing enthusiasts who want to learn how to take reading notes and write book reviews
- Readers interested in general history and cultural miscellany who prefer short-form reading
- Those who want a bedside book to dip into at random, without reading in order
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- Serious researchers expecting systematic dynastic history or specialized historical monographs
- Readers who prefer strongly plotted narrative and novel-like reading experiences
- Readers seeking in-depth monographs on a single field
Reading tips
- No need to read from cover to cover; jump between the history, people, and study categories, starting with the section that interests you most.
- After each essay, note the original books the author mentions and gradually build your own extended reading list.
- Use the book as a writing model: choose one essay and imitate it with a few hundred words of reading notes, observing how it cites sources and closes its argument.
- Keep it by the bed or in your commuter bag, reading only one or two pieces at a time and leaving room for reflection and verification.
About the publisher
Sino-Culture Press is known for publishing in history, social sciences and traditional Chinese culture, with a further reach into literary appreciation, classic works and foreign literature. Its library of 489 titles includes such works as The Road to Dongpo: The Evolution of Su Shi's Poetic Style, The Poetry and Life of Du Fu, The History of Qin and Han, and Six Hundred Years of the Forbidden City (collector's edition), while A Preliminary Survey of Ancient Architecture in Shanxi and Fen: Hand-drawn Records of Architectural Remains reflects an interest in documenting architectural heritage. Van Loon's Collected Classics and guided-reading editions of works such as Call to Arms and Notre-Dame de Paris serve general readers and classroom use. Its authors include scholars and popular writers such as Fu Junmai, Chen Linlin, Van Loon, Wang Longlin and Guan Ranrong, and biography is another direction. As public information is limited, this note focuses on the publishing profile shown by the titles in the library.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 自序 晴耕雨读过一生
- 第一 历史
- 考古与经史的重构——李硕《翦商》
- 从《海瑞罢官》说起——中国古代监察制度的兴衰
- 明代生祠热——施珊珊《小天命》
- 历史轮回中的晚明困局——李文治《晚明民变》
- 层层加征的“黄宗羲定律”——曾小萍《州县官的银两》
- 灰色财政——洪振快《亚财政》
- 清代的京控——李典蓉《清朝京控制度研究》
- 新闻后来成历史——沈弘《遗失在西方的中国史》
- 宫廷里的晚清史——张建伟《走向共和》
- 第二 战争
- 纸上谈兵不简单——张明扬《纸上谈兵》
- 当诗人遇见战争——郑海洋《胡骑啸长安》
- 看盛世如何崩塌——从《汴京之围》到《盛世的崩塌》
- 蒙古的征服与抵抗——从《隳三都》到《最后的抵抗》
- 火器大分流——欧阳泰《从丹药到枪炮》
- 人为什么打仗——约翰·基根《战争史》
- 战争的另一种想象——基根《战争的面目》
- 关于战争的盛世危言——拉蒂夫《未来战争》
- 第三 世界
- 从想象到现实——郭建龙《丝绸之路大历史》
- 西方语境下的全球史——赖因哈德《征服世界》
- 小人物的美国史——拉塞尔《叛逆者》
- 美国曾经走过的路——《许倬云说美国》
- 黑暗中的舞者——雅各布斯《集体失忆的黑暗年代》
- 西班牙的革命往事——博洛滕《西班牙内战》
- 平庸之恶与正确之恶——从《艾希曼在耶路撒冷》到《冒牌上尉》
- 非西方主义的历史困境——拉索《被抹去的历史》
- 后现代的日本人——橘玲的《（日本人）》
- 不死的波兰——万昌华《波兰政治体制转轨研究》
- 第四 文化
- 华夏文明之千古大问——许倬云的中国文化史
- 礼失求诸野——狄马《歌声响处是吾乡》
- 从传统中寻找现代——吴钩“宋史系列”
- 诗人的己亥——从龚自珍到余世存
- 远去的书法世界——白谦慎《傅山的世界》
- 生活在别处——袁凌《在别处》与《记忆之城》
- 被遗忘的年馑——张浩文《绝秦书》
- 第五 经济
- 开启现代之门——从《西方的兴起》到《欧洲之变》
- 通往技术之路——《技术史》
- 工业时代的巨兽——《巨兽：工厂与现代世界的形成》
- 技术的诱惑与反噬——张笑宇《技术与文明》
- 经济增长的秘密——《商贸与文明》《产业与文明》
- 吃货的历史——阿梅斯托《吃》
- 人异于禽兽者——《伟大的共存》推荐序
- 经济学家的草根精神——张维迎《回望》
- 通识经济学的意义——徐瑾《趋势》
- 第六 人物
- 一个人的中国史——蔡东藩《中国历代通俗演义》
- 黄仁宇的历史遗产——黄仁宇《我相信中国的前途》
- 历史侦探李开元——从《秦谜》说起
- 杨斌的历史三书——关于海贝、云南与印度洋
- 教育者的情怀与理想——杨林柯《与教育拔河》
- 许倬云先生的序
- 译者戴大洪
- 对话俞敏洪
- 第七 书房
- 惟吾与书
- 书架上的世界
- 余音绕梁
- 读书先读史
- 私人书单
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About the author
Du Junli is an author for whom publicly available information is currently limited, with his writing largely concentrated in the field of social sciences. One work by him is included in the collection, titled A History of Farming and Reading. Judging from this title and its common classification, the author focuses on traditional farming-and-reading culture and its historical development. His approach tends toward tracing social and cultural change through historical materials, in the manner of informed general nonfiction. Because confirmed information about his life, education, and full body of work remains scarce, a complete portrait of his writing career is difficult to draw. Based on the work available, however, Du Junli writes for general readers and seeks to connect cultural tradition with present-day concerns within a historical narrative. For readers interested in the farming-and-reading tradition and the history of grassroots society, this book can serve as an entry point into the subject, while his later writing and research directions await further public information.
