求教个杨鹏书里的句子理解

kikiwong777

In the early 1950’s，historians who studied preindustrial Europe （which we may define here as Europe in the period from roughly 1300 to 1800） began， for the first time in large numbers，to investigate more of the preindustrial European population than the 2 or 3 percent who comprised the political　and social elite：the kings，generals，judges，nobles，bishops，and local　magnates who had hitherto usually filled history books.

more of the preindustrial European population than the 2 or 3 percent这句该怎么理解？看了原解析还是有点懵

leonlo

去调查更多的工业化前的人口，而不是那前2%的人他们是。。。

kikiwong777

leonlo 发表于 2019-7-30 08:38
去调查更多的工业化前的人口，而不是那前2%的人他们是。。。

got it 反应过来辽 谢谢

梵希蔓

leonlo 发表于 2019-7-30 08:38
去调查更多的工业化前的人口，而不是那前2%的人他们是。。。

看一下！