北美和西欧早期近代史的研究只是在第二次世界大战后才取得突破性的发展。各种著述大量发表,各种研究课题多不胜收,历史研究朝着各个方面发展,各个研究领域和各种问题交叉渗透。但是,深刻的历史认识至少取决于融会贯通,而这些急剧涌现的历史著作,最缺乏的就是融会贯通。长期以来,英美史学中历史最悠久的结构,即辉格史观已遭到严重的冲击,以致历史的总轮 The study of early modern history in North America and Western Europe only achieved a breakthrough after World War II. Various writings have been published in large numbers, and various research topics are overwhelming. Historical research has been developing in all aspects, and various research fields and issues have penetrated each other. However, profound historical understanding depends at least on the basis of mastery, and the most absent historical writings are the lack of harmony. For a long time, the oldest structure in Anglo-American historiography, that is, Whig’s history perspective, has been seriously affected so that the general rotation of history