One Quarter of Humanity - Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700–2000

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Wang Feng, Feng Wang, James Z. Lee, Lee James Z., Feng Wang
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2001
• EAN: 9780674007093
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00709-3
• Weight: 395 g
• Illustrations: 29 line illustrations, 1 map, 16 tables
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; China, Geography, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, HISTORY / Asia / China, Asian History, Sociology: family and relationships, Population and Demography