由于种种原因,对于海外华人社会变迁的研究,尤其是在实地调查基础上的研究,在我国国内是比较薄弱的。厦门大学历史系的陈衍德先生有机会到菲律宾对华人社会做调查研究,并在口述资料与文献资料结合的基础上,经过潜心钻研写成的这本《现代中的传统——菲律宾华人社会研究》... Due to various reasons, the research on the social changes of overseas Chinese, especially on the basis of field surveys, is relatively weak in our country. Mr. Chen Yande, from the Department of History of Xiamen University, has the opportunity to do research in the Philippines on the Chinese community. Based on the combination of oral and documentary materials, he devoted himself to studying this book, The Modern Chinese Tradition - Philippine Chinese Social Studies. ..