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One Quarter of Humanity
Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700–2000
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English
Published/Copyright:
1999
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The authors argue that there has been effective regulation of population growth in China through practices that depressed marital fertility to levels far below European standards, and through widespread infanticide and abortion. These practices contributed to a different demographic transition in China from the one that took place in the West.
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I congratulate the authors for daring to use their careful quantative work to expres bold, provocative theses about Chinese society, past and present. This is one of the best contributions to Chinese social and economic history we have seen in a long time.
-- Peter C. Perdue Journal of Asian Studies
-- Peter C. Perdue Journal of Asian Studies
This important book takes stock of over a decade of research by the authors, Cameron Campbell and other collaborators and attempts to reconstruct and interpret centuries of Chinese demography
Overall, the authors must be commended for formulating many engaging suggestions
After many years of research, most issues in European fertility transition are still fiercely debated, and thanks largely to the authors and their collaborators, Chinese historical demography has much more recently begun to raise equally stimulating questions.
-- Patrick Heuveline American Journal of Sociology
-- Patrick Heuveline American Journal of Sociology
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Frontmatter
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Contents
ix - I Mythologies
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1 Introduction
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2 Malthusian Myths
14 - II Realities
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3 Subsistence
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4 Mortality
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5 Marriage
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6 Fertility
83 - III Implications
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7 System
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8 Society
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9 Demography, Ideology, and Politics
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Appendix: Chinese Population Sources, 1700–2000
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Notes
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References
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Index
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