Chinese Historical Microdemography

List of contents

Introduction: Microdemography and the Modeling of Population Process in Late Imperial China
Marriage among the Song Elite
Fertility and Population Growth in the Lineages of Tongcheng County, 1520-1661
A Comparison of Lineage Populations in South China, ca. 1300-1900
Demographic Constraint and Family Structure in Traditional Chinese Lineages, ca. 1200-1900
Marriage, Mortality, and the Developmental Cycle in Three Xiaoshan Lineages
A Century of Mortality in Liaoning
Migration in Two Minnan Lineages in the Ming and Qing Periods

About the author

Stevan Harrell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington and coeditor of Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era (California, 1993).

Summary

Using local studies to answer global questions, this compilation challenges traditional notions concerning historical Chinese population trends. The important issues of fertility, mortality, family structure and migration patterns are examined.

Product details

• Authors: Stevan Harrell, Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U S
• Assisted by: Stevan Harrell (Editor), Harrell Stevan (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.1995
• EAN: 9780520083066
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08306-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Studies on China; Studies on China
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / China, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Population & demography, Population and Demography