The scholars of the United States has been changed the view of the whole h istory to study local history of China since 70s and made great successes,th ough the studies show some defects.

• 20世纪70年代以来，美国的中国史研究逐渐改变了过去“整体研究”的学术形式，掀起了地方史研究的浪潮。