One Quarter of Humanity : : Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700-2000 / / Wang. Feng, James Z. LEE.

One Quarter of Humanity presents evidence about historical and contemporary Chinese population behavior that overturns much of the received wisdom about the differences between China and the West. James Lee and Wang Feng argue that there has been effective regulation of population growth in China th...

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One Quarter of Humanity : Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700-2000 / Wang. Feng, James Z. LEE.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- I Mythologies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Malthusian Myths -- II Realities -- 3 Subsistence -- 4 Mortality -- 5 Marriage -- 6 Fertility -- III Implications -- 7 System -- 8 Society -- 9 Demography, Ideology, and Politics -- Appendix: Chinese Population Sources, 1700-2000 -- Notes -- References -- Index
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One Quarter of Humanity presents evidence about historical and contemporary Chinese population behavior that overturns much of the received wisdom about the differences between China and the West. James Lee and Wang Feng argue that there has been effective regulation of population growth in China through a variety of practices that depressed marital fertility to levels far below European standards, and through the widespread practices of infanticide and abortion. These practices and other distinctive features of the Chinese demographic and social system, they argue, led to a different demographic transition in China from the one that took place in the West.
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Contents --
I Mythologies --
1 Introduction --
2 Malthusian Myths --
II Realities --
3 Subsistence --
4 Mortality --
5 Marriage --
6 Fertility --
III Implications --
7 System --
8 Society --
9 Demography, Ideology, and Politics --
Appendix: Chinese Population Sources, 1700-2000 --
Notes --
References --
Index
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II Realities --
3 Subsistence --
4 Mortality --
5 Marriage --
6 Fertility --
III Implications --
7 System --
8 Society --
9 Demography, Ideology, and Politics --
Appendix: Chinese Population Sources, 1700-2000 --
Notes --
References --
Index
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I Mythologies --
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II Realities --
3 Subsistence --
4 Mortality --
5 Marriage --
6 Fertility --
III Implications --
7 System --
8 Society --
9 Demography, Ideology, and Politics --
Appendix: Chinese Population Sources, 1700-2000 --
Notes --
References --
Index
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