Fate and Fortune in Rural China: Social Organization and Population Behavior in Liaoning 1774-1873

Fate and Fortune in Rural China: Social Organization and Population Behavior in Liaoning 1774-1873

Fate and Fortune in Rural China: Social Organization and Population Behavior in Liaoning 1774-1873

Fate and Fortune in Rural China: Social Organization and Population Behavior in Liaoning 1774-1873

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Overview

Fate and Fortune in Rural China is a major contribution to the study of both the social and population history of late traditional China, and that of historical demography in general. Lee and Campbell demonstrate the interaction between demographic and other social pressures, and illustrate graphically the nature of social mobility and social organization in rural China during the century from 1774SH1873. Their conclusion—that social norms, rooted in ideology, determined demographic performance—is supported by a mass of hitherto inaccessible primary data.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521039697
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 08/16/2007
Series: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time , #31
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 6.02(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Part I. Daoyi Village: 1. Prologue; 2. Social organization and social mobility; 3. Spatial and temporal setting; Part II. The Liaoning Demographic System: 4. Two types of positive check: infanticide and neglect; 5. Two types of preventive check: nuptiality and fertility; Part III. Household Organization and Population Behavior: 6. Domestic cycle and household formation; 7. Domestic hierarchy and demographic privilege; Part IV. Banner Organization and Population Behavior: 8. Bannermen and banner organization; 9. Banner hierarchy and demographic privilege; 10. Two types of social mobility; Epilogue: prospects, implications and comparisons; Appendices; Glossary; References; Index.
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