城市贫民是伴随着城市的出现而出现,但在传统时代,贫民不是城市人口构成的主体。在近代城市中,贫民阶层是城市人群中重要的组成部分,庞大城市贫民的存在引起当局和社会的广泛关注。本文以近代天津为个案,探索在城市化进程中城市贫民的形成过程,并揭示其时代特征,以及社会变迁与社会结构变动之间的关联性。 The urban poor emerged with the appearance of cities, but in the traditional era, the poor were not the main body of the urban population. In modern cities, the poor people are an important part of the urban population. The existence of the poor in large cities has aroused widespread concern of the authorities and the society. Taking modern Tianjin as a case, this paper explores the formation process of the urban poor in the process of urbanization and reveals the characteristics of the times and the correlation between social changes and social structural changes.