第二次世界大战以来,西方人口史研究所取得的突出成就,使其日益发展成为当今国际史坛“新史学”的重要组成部分。但在国内,人口问题在过去长期被视为禁区,人口史的研究近乎空白,这与历史悠久、人口众多的中国历史以及当今中国的现代化建设现 Since the Second World War, the prominent achievements made by the western population history research have made it increasingly become an important part of the “new history” of today’s international history. However, in our country, the population issue has long been regarded as a forbidden zone in the past, and the study of population history is almost blank. This is in line with the long history and populous history of China and the present modernization of China