澳大利亚墨朵大学亚洲系高级讲师,中国经济史学者蒂姆·赖特(Tim Wright)主编的《二十世纪早期的中国经济》一书最近已由英国麦克米伦公司出版。现将他为该书所写的导论译成中文,以飨读者。本刊在发表时作了个别必要的删节。自从费维恺(ALbert Feuerwerker)撰文评述中国大陆的近代中国经济史研究工作以来,已经过去了25年的时间。这期间的 A book titled “The Early Twentieth Century China,” a senior lecturer in Asia at MoU University in Australia and a scholar in Chinese economic history, Tim Wright, was recently published by Macmillan, England. He now translated the introductory essay written in Chinese for the reader. At the time of publication, we made the necessary omissions. It has been 25 years since the author of ALbert Feuerwerker wrote an account of the research on the economic history of modern China in mainland China. During this period