2、areaisthebroadestanddeepestfoundationofChinesemodernizationsothatChinese for several generations havethrownalltheirenergyintotheirruralsurveyand research.Theauthorreviewsandmakesan analysis of Chinese ruralsurveyandresearch in the period of the first half of20century,especiallyinthe1920s-3
3、0s,includingYan Yangchu'sandLingshuming'sexperimentareaofcountrysideconstruction,investigationinBaoding、Wuxiandotherrural area led byChenHansheng,andgeneralsurveyandstatistics organized bythegovernmentoftheRepublicofChina.Inaddition,Japaneseand American made rural survey.Those investigator
4、s leftprecioushistoricalmaterialsforeconomicresearch of ruralChina,eventhoughtheyhaddifferentpurpose.【关键词】二十世纪/二三十年代/农村调查The20thCentury/1920s-30s/ruralinvestigation【正文】 〔中图分类号〕K263;C912.69〔文献标识码〕A〔文章编号〕0583—0214(2000)04—0125—07 对于20世纪中国农村,我前几年因做中西农村现代化进程比较研究,接触了一批资料,结果印象和感触都很深,其中之一是20世纪二