近代时期是中国历史发展的特殊阶段,其特殊所在,人们往往用“转型”二字涵盖。对于这个转型的近代社会,学者们曾从不同的角度进行审视,如经济的转型、文化的转型、制度的转型、社会结构的转型,等等。赵慧峰近著《近代转型社会中的集团与人物》(山东大学出版社,2006年)则超越社 The modern period is a special stage in the development of Chinese history. Its special place is often covered by the word “transformation”. For this transitional modern society, scholars have looked at it from different perspectives, such as economic transformation, cultural transformation, system transformation, social structure transformation, and so on. Zhao Huifeng recent “Group and People in Modern Transformation Society” (Shandong University Press, 2006) is beyond the community