From objects, the process and social need, City History is a new historical study branch which is interacted with some fields and pays attention to understanding and interpretation.

• 摘要从城市史研究的对象、产生发展历程和社会需要三个方面考察，城市史是一门注重理解与诠释的多学科交叉的新史学门类而区别于传统史学。