城市史研究最初在美国作为社会学的一部分 ,起步于 2 0世纪 2 0年代 ,到了 60年代 ,它开始作为一门独立的、跨学科的新兴学科在美、英、德等国发展起来。在我国 ,美国城市史作为美国历史的一个新的分支学科在80年代兴起。我国的美国城市史研究虽起步较晚 ,但发展较快且研究领域 Urban history research, first as a part of sociology in the United States, started in the 1920s and 1960s. It began to develop as an independent and interdisciplinary emerging subject in the United States, Britain and Germany. In our country, the history of American cities rises in the 1980s as a new branch of American history. Although the study of the history of American cities in our country started later, its development is rapid and its research field