《明代九边长城军镇史——中国边疆假说视野下的长城制度史研究》(上、下),赵现海著,社会科学文献出版社,2012年11月出版,80.5万字。本书提出“中国边疆假说”理论,指出边疆作为文明交流的中介,具有与中心地带同等重要的作用;历史研究应摆脱将边疆作为附属地带或单纯破坏者的观念,改而通过边疆看历史,也即“边疆主体”观念。中国北部边疆处于中原王朝、北方民族长期争夺之地,关系南北政权兴衰之根本,可称为“核心边疆”。本书在中国边疆假说视野下,借鉴了区域社会史研究观念,提出“长城制度史”研究 The History of the Great Wall Military Region in the Nine Dynasties of the Ming Dynasty - A Study on the History of the Great Wall System under the Horizon of China’s Frontier Hypothesis (上, 下), Zhao Xianhai, Social Sciences Academic Press, November 2012, 805,000 words. This book puts forward the theory of “China’s frontier hypothesis”, pointing out that frontier as an intermediary of civilized exchange has the same important role as the central area; historical research should get rid of the notion of seeing the frontier as a subsidiary zone or simply saboteurs, History, that is, “frontier subject” concept. The northern frontier of China is located in the place where the Central Plains dynasties and the northern nations contend for a long time and their relations with the rise and fall of the north and south regimes can be called the “core frontier.” This book draws lessons from the research concept of social history in the perspective of Chinese frontier hypotheses and puts forward the research on the history of the Great Wall system