人力车夫是近代中国城市中被严重“边缘”化的群体,是农民工社会分层中的下层,更是构成城市“底边”社会的主要群体。本文从人力车夫来源构成、年龄构成、劳动状况、生存状态等方面,再现城市“底边”社会的生活场景,认为人力车夫为农民工的一种职业流向,人力车业的兴衰,折射出近代中国社会变迁的时代风貌。 Rickshaw pullers are a serious “marginalized” group of Chinese cities in modern times. They are the under-strata in the social stratification of migrant workers, and constitute the major groups in the “bottom-end” urban society. This article from the rickshaw source composition, age composition, labor status, living conditions and other aspects of reproduction of the city “bottom ” social life scene, that the rickshaw man as migrant workers a career flow, the rise and fall of the rickshaw industry, refraction The Contemporary Characteristics of the Social Changes in Modern China.