近三十年,伴随着社会史研究在中国的兴起,民国时期华北乡村社会变迁成为史学界的重要研究领域,相关成果频频问世。在专题研究方面,学者们主要在国家与乡村社会的关系、乡村社会结构与社会变迁之间的关系以及民国华北乡村社会的婚姻、家庭与习俗等方面开展了大量的工作。在相关的理论与方法问题上,学者们也付出了巨大的努力,使这一研究领域朝着正确的方向和路径前进。 In the recent three decades, with the rise of social history studies in China, the social changes in the rural areas of North China during the Republic of China became an important research field in history and scholarship, and the related achievements came forth frequently. In terms of thematic studies, scholars carried out a great deal of work mainly in the relations between state and rural society, the relationship between rural social structure and social changes, and the marriage, family and custom in the rural communities of North China in the Republic of China. On the related theories and methods, scholars also made tremendous efforts to make this research field go in the right direction and path.