Contents

Articles

Byzantine Studies in Transformation: How the General History of Byzantium Redefi nes Byzantine Historiography in China/Zhu Ziyao (1)

The Practice and Function of Religion in Military Actions in Xenophon’s Anabasis/Xu Lang (15)

The Limitations and Interdisciplinary Shift of Research on the History of Children’s Mental Health in the United States since the 1960s/Sun Fan

The Evolution of Mexico’s Political System and Its Role in the National Modernization Process/Feng Xiuwen

Pathfi nder

Professor He Shunguo and His Musing on History: Theory, Capitalism, and the United States/Zhang Hongju

Conferences

A Review of the 2024 Annual Conference of the Chinese Society of French Historical Studies/You Lishi and Huang Tao 

A Review of the 2024 Annual Conference of the China British History Association/Yi Jinming and Yu Xin

Book Reviews

Gao Weinong, The Maritime Silk Road: Routes, Chinese Merchants and Workers/Chen Yishen 

Wen Shanshan, Communal Dining in the Roman West: Private Munifi cence towards Cities and Associations in the First Three Centuries AD. /Wang Zhongxiao 

Wang Chao, A Study of the Economic Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany towards the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)/ Hu Zheng and Meng Zhongjie (113)

Sun Jiandang, Research on American Decolonization Policy in the 20th Century: A Case Study of Southeast Asia/Geng Biao (119)

Contents

Articles

Madman and Sage: The “Two Toms Paradox” of the American Revolution/Xing Chengji

Japan’s Conception of the East Asian Order during the Edo Period and Its Implications/Huang Ying

The Self-Government of Greek Cities and the Local Administration of Parthian Empire/Shao Dalu

Under the Mask of Honours: How Athens Handled the Debt-Issue with the Bosporan Kings/Liu Shumeng 

Pathfi nder

Xu Minglong’s Academic Contributions to Studies of French History in China/Huang Yanhong

Conference

A Review of the 9th Conference of The Latin American Studies Council of Asia and Oceania/Zhang Song (97)

Book Reviews

Yuan Zujie, The Farmers’ Situation during Industrialization in the United States/Hou Shen

Wang Tiezheng etc., General History of the Arab Countries in Africa/Zhang Qianhong 

Matthew Restall and Kris Lane, Latin America in Colonial Times (Second Edition)/Li Yin

Wen Jing, The Iconography of Family Members in Egypt’s Elite Tombs of the Old Kingdom/Zhang Youran