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

Lee, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674639081 ISBN 13: 9780674639089

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This work presents evidence about the historical and contemporary Chinese population behaviour that overturns much of the received wisdom about the differences between China and the West first voiced by Malthus, who described a China in which early and universal marriage ensured high fertility and higher demographic responsiveness to economic circumstances.

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Review

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 "

About the Author

James Z. Lee is Associate Professor of Chinese History at the California Institute of Technology. Wang Feng is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Irvine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674639081
• ISBN 13: 9780674639089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 254