The shadow block: Female bonding in quilters

In these brief notes, the author's aim is to situate Born in Flames historically, including within the history of feminist theory. His starting point for thinking through this film was the presumption that what it means now differs from what it meant in its own time. While that would be true of almost any text, it has seemed to the author that Born in Flames, as an incendiary text, is extraordinarily provocative in the very ways that make it now seem “dated.” It remains inspiring, however, because it offers a vision of intersectional political coalition more radical than any feature film that we are likely to see now, despite the influence of decades of feminist, queer, and critical race studies. Revisiting the discourses the film generated at the time of its release, the author has come to recognize that, though times and the trends in theory have changed since 1983, the stakes of the revolution in the film have not. It presents a desire to make the world otherwise, economically and culturally.     

我国食品安全法律制度研析

频发的食品安全事件使食品安全问题成为我国当今社会关注的焦点.《食品安全法》在这样的环境下应运而生,但却没能有效解决我国的食品安全问题.从我国食品安全法律规制的现状起笔,分析日前国内食品安全法律规制的不足,并从道德建设、行政处罚制度、民事赔偿制度、食品安全标准体系、平衡城乡执法力度等角度努力探寻解决问题的方法.     

试析何孟雄在中共早期历史中的重要贡献

何孟雄是著名的无产阶级革命家,他在中共早期历史中作出了重要贡献。他是中国第一批信仰马列的人,参与了中共早期党组织创建,是我党历史上最早的党员之一。他领导过北方早期工人运动,积极促进国共合作,开创江苏农民运动新局面,较早地阐发了农民游击战争思想,与中共早期＂左＂倾错误路线进行坚决斗争,在狱中表现出高度的党性,对党忠诚,为党的事业英勇献身。     

张闻天马克思主义观的历史地位与当代价值

张闻天是我党著名的马克思主义理论家，他在长期的革命实践中形成了独具特色的马克思主义观。张闻天的马克思主义观是马克思主义发展史的重要组成部分，对毛泽东思想的形成和发展与邓小平理论的形成作出了突出贡献，深化并拓展了中国共产党人科学的马克思主义观，进一步推进了马克思主义中国化的伟大事业。     

风险社会背景下的公共安全与政府责任——以食品安全事件为视角

社会存在一定的风险。现代社会中的风险具有不确定性以及多样性、广泛性和人为性的特点。与风险相对应的是安全,尤其是备受关注的公共安全。其中,与民生有着密切联系的食品安全由于发生的频次高、危害范围广、原因复杂、后果严重,更是考察政府职能的一个参照。在如此的背景下,相关部门应当建立并完善风险预警机制、食品安全信息公布与通报机制、食品安全检验和检疫机制以及重大事故处置机制,以应对风险。     

广西运河史研究述评

广西的运河以其历史悠久、内涵丰富而著称,对广西运河的研究历来受到学术界的重视。位于广西境内的灵渠和临桂县的桂柳运河为南方水利史上的佳话;位于防城县江山半岛的潭蓬运河成为安南交通的捷径。     

中国大学生的日本观

中日关系曲折发展,备受各方关注。文章从历史教科书中有关日本的内容入手,更深层次地认识中国大学生的日本观,并简要分析其成因,指出其存在的问题。     

The politics of history and historical memory in China-Japan relations

The current state of China-Japan relations is characterized by two seemingly contradictory developments adjacent to each other: while economic and cultural relations have experienced an unprecedented and continuous improvement since the 1980s, Chinese and Japanese public perceptions of each other have been deteriorating. This raises interesting questions. How do we explain this discrepancy and what are the sources of the increasing public animosity in China or Japan toward the other country? Can China and Japan maintain amicable relations and continue economic cooperation in spite of the enduring mistrust between their peoples? What is the role of public perception and memory of history in the foreign policies of East Asia? This paper addresses these questions, focusing especially on the last one — the role of history and collective historical memory in international relations and the interaction between public sentiment and government foreign policies. Through a detailed study of recent events and the issue of Japanese textbooks, the author argues that public perception of history can and should be guided toward more positive directions. Otherwise, it will be increasingly difficult to maintain amicable relations between the two countries, especially when new nationalism is on the rise in both counties.     

Back to the factory: the continuing salience of industrial workplace history

ABSTRACT

Factories remain significant sites of employment, crucial to capitalism. In the twentieth century, scholars registered achievements in documenting their history, but since the late 1980s, and for a generation, the field lost impetus within labour history although insights continued to accumulate through work in adjacent disciplines. The factory has not featured on the agenda of ‘transnational’ and ‘global’ labour history, but we suggest that it can and should contribute to that broader global project, reinvigorating labour history, not least by contributing a dimension close to workers’ everyday experience.     

Striking hard rock veins. Multinational Corporations and Miners’ Unions in Mexico and the United States, 1906-1952

ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes simultaneous strikes during the first half of the 20th century in North America. The transformation of production in copper, lead, zinc, and silver mining districts determined the formation of a working class that operated between Mexico and the United States. Therefore, the labor conflicts combined market circumstances and management-imposed homologation of work structures across firm divisions with the international coordination of miners. The paper describes the emergence, growth, and demise of a regional industrial system.