
Asian Population History
Oxford University Press
Published on 10. May 2001
Book
Hardback
463 pages
978-0-19-829443-6 (ISBN)
Description
The study of Asian historical demography has lagged behind that of its European and American counterparts for some time. This volume serves to narrow the gap by drawing together material from scholars specializing in demography across the spectrum of Asian countries. The collection divides into four parts and contains nineteen chapters covering issues on comparative perspective, fertility, disease and mortality, and marriage and family. The geographic coverage of the chapters is also wide, extending from East Asia to South Asia, with specific emphasis on Japan, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, and Sri Lanka. Authors focus on a whole range of social groups, discussing how demographic issues affect and have affected both urban and rural dwellers from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
This volume, which is perhaps the first to bring together a number of in-depth, specialist studies on Asian population history, should prove a useful and engaging tool for both students and academics in the fields of demography, history, and Asian studies.
This volume, which is perhaps the first to bring together a number of in-depth, specialist studies on Asian population history, should prove a useful and engaging tool for both students and academics in the fields of demography, history, and Asian studies.
Reviews / Votes
The volume deserves to be considered as a distinct and much-needed step forward towards developing and consolidating Asian historical demography and in placing demographic processes in these regions in a global comparative perspective. * The Economic History Review * The greatest strength of this book lies in the authors' meticulous attempts at unearthing, stylizing, standardizing, and interpreting the mass of historical information on the demographic phenomena in many different Asian countries. * The Economic History Review *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
42 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
857 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-829443-6 (9780198294436)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ts'ui-jung Liu is Research Fellow and Director at the Institute of Taiwan History, Preparatory Office, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
James Lee is Professor in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
David Sven Reher is Professor in the School of Political Science and Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Osamu Saito is Professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo.
Wang Feng is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine.
James Lee is Professor in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
David Sven Reher is Professor in the School of Political Science and Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Osamu Saito is Professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo.
Wang Feng is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine.
Editor
Research Fellow and Director, Institute of Taiwan HistoryResearch Fellow and Director, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, Taipei
Professor, Division of Humanities and Social SciencesProfessor, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology
Professor in the School of Political Science and SociologyProfessor in the School of Political Science and Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
ProfessorProfessor, Hitotsubashi University
Associate Professor, Department of SociologyAssociate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California
Content
I. OVERVIEW ; II. FERTILITY ; III. DISEASE AND MORTALITY ; IV. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY