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年轻,成长,趋于上升而又充满了不安——这就是对美国都市历史恰当的描述。关于美国都市历史的研究议程连续不断地在学术杂志中被提出,从业者们对研究的过去、现在和将来加以讨论。但是,次领域的一个非常重要的人物,斯蒂芬·塞斯托姆(Stephan Themstrom)——他的名字总是和60年代晚期“新都市历史”的红色标题相连——最近却说“我已经不再把我自己归类于都市史学家了”。对一些人来说,这是个危险的信号,但是另外一方面这也可以被积极地加以理解,因为它反映了一个健康的、可以鼓励内省、防止自满的环境。塞斯托姆对60年代“巨大的跳跃”做出了突出的贡
Young, growing, rising and full of anxiety - this is an apt description of the history of the American city. The research agenda on American metropolitan history is continuously presented in academic journals and practitioners discuss the past, present and future of the study. But Stephan Themstrom, a very important man in the sub-field, whose name is always linked to the red title of “New Urban History” in the late 1960s, recently said “I I no longer classified myself as a city historian. ” To some people, this is a dangerous signal, but on the other hand it can be actively understood because it reflects a healthy environment that encourages introspection and complacency. Sestom made a prominent tribute to the “huge jump” of the 1960s