由天津社会科学院历史研究所左建、罗澍伟、赵地、董振修、周俊旗组成的《天津简史》编写组编著的《天津简史》即将由天津人民出版社出版。这是该所同志经过多年的辛勤劳动,取得的丰硕成果,是一件很值得庆贺的事情!《天津简史》全书共十二章,约40万余言,叙述翔实,资料丰富、行文流畅。这部书一方面保留了古代和近代的界限,而以浓笔重彩去写近代,另一方面又从远古起,直到新民主主义革命的胜利,依历史发展的顺序,按不同的发展阶段、统一划分章节,保持了全书的连续性与完整性。首先,著者把两次鸦片战争与天津所发生的深刻变化联系观察,以辨证唯物主义的观点统一撰写,既体现了天津地方史的特殊性,也说明了著者在处理这个问题上视野宽广。我们知道,中国近代史是从鸦片战争开始的,但1860年第二次鸦片战争以后,对天津才发生了深刻的变化,三口通商大臣的设立与英法美三国租界的形成,说明了西方资本 A Brief History of Tianjin edited by the compilation team of Tianjin Brief History compiled by Zuo Jian, Luo Shuwei, Zhao Di, Dong Zhenxiu and Zhou Junqi of the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences will be published by Tianjin People’s Publishing House. This is a commendable achievement made by many years of hard work by the comrades and is a very worthwhile celebration! The Brief History of Tianjin has a total of 12 chapters with about 40,000 words and detailed descriptions, abundant information and smooth writing . On the one hand, this book retains the boundary between ancient and modern times, concentrating its pen and color on modern times, and on the other hand, from ancient times until the victory of the new-democratic revolution, according to the order of historical development and according to different stages of development, Unified division of chapters, maintaining the continuity and completeness of the book. First, the author observes the two Opium Wars and the profound changes that took place in Tianjin, and writes them in a unified way based on the dialectical materialism. It not only reflects the particularity of the local history of Tianjin, but also shows that the author has a broad field of vision in handling this issue. We know that the modern history of China started from the Opium War. However, profound changes took place in Tianjin after the Second Opium War in 1860. The establishment of the three ministers of commerce and the formation of the concession of Britain, France and the United States made it clear that Western capital