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One Quarter of Humanity : Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700-2000
One Quarter of Humanity Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities 17002000
Author: James Z. Lee, Feng Wang
2000 Allan Sharlin Memorial Award of the Social Science History Association 2000 Otis Dudley Duncan Award of the American Sociological Association Malthus described a China in which early and universal marriage ensured high fertility and therefore high mortality. He contrasted this with Western Europe, where marriage occurred late and was...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674639089
ISBN-10: 0674639081
Publication Date: 10/29/1999
Pages: 268
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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