【内容简介】
本书系历史学者唐小兵的北美访学录,记录了他在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学(UBC)与哈佛大学的遐思见闻。从温哥华的UBC,到波士顿的哈佛大学,相隔十年的访学经历,串连起一位青年学人的学思历程。初次访学的局促与好奇,再次访学的从容与稳重,以及对异域文化的观察与反思,对文化名家的探访与交流,使本书既带有鲜明的个人风格,又呈现出多元的文化视角,为读者了解北美学术文化与人文世界提供了丰富多彩的导览窗口。
作者简介
唐小兵,湖南衡阳人,历史学博士,哈佛燕京访问学者,华东师范大学历史学系教授。研究领域主要为现代中国知识分子史、左翼文化与中国革命、回忆录、口述史与20世纪中国等,著有《现代中国的公共舆论》《十字街头的知识人》《与民国相遇》《书架上的近代中国》等。
【 Content Introduction 】
This book is an account of historian Tang Xiaobing's visits to North America, documenting his experiences at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Harvard University in Canada. From UBC in Vancouver to Harvard University in Boston, the visiting experience of ten years apart connects the learning and thinking process of a young scholar. The embarrassment and curiosity of the first visit, the calm and steady of the second visit, as well as the observation and reflection of foreign cultures, and the visit and exchange of cultural masters, make the book not only have a distinct personal style, but also present a diversified cultural perspective, providing a rich and colorful guide window for readers to understand the academic culture and humanities world in North America.
About the author
Tang Xiaobing, born in Hengyang, Hunan Province, Doctor of History, Harvard-Yenching Visiting scholar, Professor of History Department of East China Normal University. His research interests include the history of modern Chinese intellectuals, left-wing culture and the Chinese Revolution, memoirs, oral history and 20th century China, etc. He is the author of Public Opinion in Modern China, Intellectuals on the Cross Streets, Encounter with the Republic of China, and Modern China on the Bookshelf.