Contents

Articles  

The Practical Historical Approach: A Review of the Principles and Methods of Fact-First History /Jonathan McGovern (1)  

Tacitus on the Nature of the Roman Imperial Power (Annals 1.1-4) /Ma Jiancheng (15)  

Morality and Realpolitik: The Ideas of American Upper Class in the North on the Blacks and Slavery Before the Civil War /Gao Yue (35)  

The Evolution and Imperialization of Japan’s Kamikaze Spirit in Modern Times /Qu Liang and Gong Yan (56)  

Note on Reading  

An Investigation of the Legality of the Writ of Diem Clausit Extremum /Zhang Naihe (78)  

Conference  

The Development and Trends of American History Research in China: The 19th Annual Meeting of the Chinese American History Research Association /Xie Wenyu and Chen Jing (87)  

Book Reviews  

Qi Xiaoyan, From Macedonia to Marakand: The Study of Hellenism in Sogdiana /Che Xiaomei (104)  

Wei Tao, In Search of Self-Identififi cation, Henry Laurens and His Transatlantic Encounters, 1744-1784 /Guo Qiaohua (107)  

Jiang Shan, Studies on German Environmental History /Xu Kehao (113)  

Lu Weifang and Yu Zhiqiao, Steam and Merchant Ships: The Rise of London in the 19th Century /Chen Yuhan (120)