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。
However , robinson ' s theory and approaches did not help them achieve remarkable results due to its limitation and lack of compatibility with the chinese historical research 但是，鲁滨逊新史学派的理论和方法毕竟与本土史学范式差距较大，一时难以找到结合点，其影响力始终停留在观念层面，没有在史学实践中出产可观的成果。
He makes the two mixed together , letting the western historical theory and scientific methods he planted in the earth of chinese traditional historiography and promoting the transition of chinese traditional historiography to the modem historiography , which represents the developing orientation of chinese new historiography 他将两者加以融合，找到了中西史学的结合点：强调直接材料，从而使西方的史学理论、科学方法移植于中华传统史学的沃土中，促进了中国传统史学向近代新史学的转型，反映了中国新史学发展的方向。
