“传统与现代化”及“人与现代化”一直是史学界十分关注的问题,在我国,一些城市和地域在从传统向现代化的转型发展进程中,呈现出较为独特的发展路径和显著的发展成果,对此中原因的探索也成为让人感兴趣的课题。最近,由南京大学贺云翱教授主编的《无锡人与中国近现代化》正是有关这一课题的一本力作。该书探讨了无锡市在1840年 Traditional and Modernization and People and Modernization have always been issues of great concern to historians. In our country, some cities and regions have shown a unique path of development in the course of their transformation from traditional economy to modernized economy. Significant achievements in the development of the reasons for this exploration has become an interesting topic. Recently, “People in Wuxi and the Modernization of China”, authored by Professor He Yunao at Nanjing University, is a masterpiece on this subject. The book explores the city of Wuxi in 1840