不久之前,四川师范大学中国近现代区域经济社会研究中心主任、历史学教授王川同志,将他的近著《西康地区近代社会研究》一书的稿本供我一阅,拜读之后深感这是一本关于近现代西南区域研究中的一本比较重要的佳作。之所以说其重要,在于西南这一区域在我国的近现代史上处于一个极其重要的地位,而这一情形又 Not long ago, Comrade Wang Chuan, director of historiography and director of the China Modern and Contemporary Regional Economic and Social Research Center at Sichuan Normal University, read the manuscript of his recent book, Studies in Modern Society of Xikang, A more important masterpiece in the study of modern Southwest China. The reason why it is important is that this region in the southwest has an extremely important position in our country’s modern history,