当今关于少数民族的民族史研究 ,已开始突破传统的研究模式并在思维空间和研究方法上进行开拓性探索。新近由李干、周祉征、李倩合著的《土家族经济史》,则是这方面引人瞩目的专著。处于湘鄂川黔边的土家族这一族群 ,其社会经济发展历史有着某种特殊性 ,是亟待开垦的新领域。 2 Nowadays, the study of ethnic history of ethnic minorities has begun to break through the traditional research mode and pioneered the exploration of space of thinking and research methods. The recent “Tujia Economic History”, co-authored by Li Gan, Zhou Zhizheng and Li Qian, is a remarkable monograph in this field. The Tujia ethnic group, located in the border of Hunan, Ecu and Qian, has some particularity in its social and economic development history and is a new area that needs urgent reclamation. 2