Chinese Historical Microdemography / Stevan Harrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrell, Stevan, author.

Contributor:

Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U.S.)

Series:

Studies on China ; Volume 20.

Studies on China Series ; Volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--China--History.

Families.

Marriage--China.

Marriage.

Population.

Social history.

China--Population.

China.

China--Social conditions--1644-1912.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 236 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley ; Los Angeles, California : University of California Press, [1995]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using local studies to answer global questions, this compilation challenges traditional notions concerning historical Chinese population trends. Genealogies, epitaphs, and household registers are some of the local and primary materials used to examine the important issues of fertility, mortality, family structure, and migration patterns.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. Introduction: Microdemography and the Modeling of Population Process in Late Imperial China

2. Marriages among the Song Elite

3. Fertility and Population Growth in the Lineages of Tongcheng County, 1520-1661

4. A Comparison of Lineage Populations in South China, ca. 1300-1900

5. Demographic Constraint and Family Structure in Traditional Chinese Lineages, ca. 1200-1900

6. Marriage, Mortality, and the Developmental Cycle in Three Xiaoshan Lineages

7. A Century of Mortality in Rural Liaoning, 1774-1873

8. Migration in Two Minnan Lineages in the Ming and Qing Periods

GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS

GLOSSARY OF DEMOGRAPHIC TERMS

REFERENCES

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

Papers from the conference sponsored by the Joint Committee on Chinese Studies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-229) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520914001

0520914007

9780585130668

0585130663

OCLC:

1153517650