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

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One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700-2000 - Lee, James Z, and Wang, Feng, and Feng, Wang
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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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One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700-2000 2001, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674007093

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One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700-2000 1999, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

ISBN-13: 9780674639089

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