A Study Of The History Of Western Books Since 1990

In the 1950 s,Lucien Febvre and Henri Jean Martin,representatives of the French Annales School,initiated the research method of book history to analyze social and economic structure in a quantitative way.Then,in a series of western historical changes,such as the trend of quantization,the rise of psychological history,the rise of micro-history and the wave of new cultural history,the study of book history has introduced relevant research methods of statistics,micro-history,anthropology and semiotics,which greatly promoted the growth and development of book history.Up to now,the history of books has become a prominent subject in western historiography.The research on the history of books since 1990 is helpful for the historians to further understand the history of western books and grasp the trend and characteristics of the development of western history.First of all,a general survey of the evolution of research methods in western book history from its inception to 1990 shows that,on the one hand,the study of book history shows a high degree of consistency and continuity;on the other hand,the study of book history also shows different characteristics in different stages of development.Secondly,based on the study of the history of western books since 1990 comb summary,found that since 1990 new characteristics study of the history books,first,the study of the history of western books since 1990 "stabilization",the new features of "decentralization" emerged from the history of books to read books/the development trend of history,and there were further study in the history of books in the depth of the transverse span.The study covered a wide range of countries over3,000 years.In addition,since 1990,western book history has also shown the characteristics of marriage with women's history and other disciplines emerging under post-modernism,which has made new breakthroughs and progress in the field of vision and path of book history research.At the same time,digital information technology has been widely used in the study of book history since 1990,which isalso the main reason why the study of book history has shown its vigorous vitality.Finally,since 1990,the western book history research system has also taken on a new look.Since 1990,the western book history research team has been continuously expanding,and a number of communication platforms of book history subject with a global vision have been built successively.The western book history works have been continuously produced,and the western book history research model has been increasingly improved.The above situation reflects that the study of book history in the West has entered a mature stage since 1990.