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ONE QUARTER OF HUMANITY

By: James Z. LEE,Wang. Feng

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One Quarter of Humanity presents evidence about historical and contemporary Chinese population behavior that overturns much of the received wisdom about the differences between China and the West. James Lee and Wang Feng argue that there has been effective regulation of population growth in China through a variety of practices that depressed marital fertility to levels far below European standards, and through the widespread practices of infanticide and abortion. These practices and other distinctive features of the Chinese demographic and social system, they argue, led to a different demographic transition in China from the one that took place in the West.

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268

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Harvard University Press

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0674040058

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9780674040052

Boundaries and Categories

Rising Inequality in Post-Socialist Urban China

By: Feng Wang

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Rising Inequality in Post-Socialist Urban China

By: Feng Wang

A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades.

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272

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Stanford University Press

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0804757941

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9780804757942

Prudence and Pressure

Reproduction and Human Agency in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

By: Noriko O. Tsuya,Feng Wang,George Alter,James Z. Lee

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Prudence and Pressure

Reproduction and Human Agency in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

By: Noriko O. Tsuya,Feng Wang,George Alter,James Z. Lee

A study of human reproduction and social organization in preindustrial communities that reveals important similarities between Europe and Asia. This pioneering study reconceptualizes the impact of social organizations, economic conditions, and human agency on human reproduction in preindustrial communities in Europe and Asia. Unlike previous studies, in which Asia is measured by European standards, Prudence and Pressure develops a Eurasian perspective. Drawing on rich new data and the tools of event-history analysis, the authors challenge the accepted Eurocentric Malthusian view that attributes “prudence” (smaller families due to late marriage) to the preindustrial West and “pressure” (high mortality due to overpopulation) to the East, showing instead important similarities between Europe and Asia in human motivation and population behavior. The authors analyze age, gender, family and household, kinship, social class and power, religion, culture, and economic resources in order to compare reproductive strategies and outcomes. They reveal underlying similarities between East and West in two major components of the reproductive regime—marriage and childbearing—and offer evidence showing that preindustrial reproduction was motivated and governed by human agency at least as much as by human biology. Prudence and Pressure is part of a large-scale interdisciplinary effort to use new data and methods to re-examine the Malthusian paradigm of population growth. It represents a significant advance in the fields of historical demography, history, and sociology.

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407

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MIT Press

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0262326485

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9780262326483

Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications

By: Noriko O. Tsuya,Minja Kim Choe,Feng Wang

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Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications

By: Noriko O. Tsuya,Minja Kim Choe,Feng Wang

This book examines the trends, underlying factors, and policy implications of fertility declines in three East Asian countries: Japan, South Korea, and China. In contrast to Western countries that have also experienced fertility declines to below-replacement levels, fertility decline in these East Asian countries is most notable in its rapidity and sheer magnitude. After a rapid decline shortly after the war, in which fertility was halved in one decade from 4.5 children per woman in 1947 to 2.1 in 1957, Japan's fertility started to decline to below-replacement levels in the mid-1970s, reaching 1.3 per woman in the early 2000s. Korea experienced one of the most spectacular declines ever recorded, with fertility falling continuously from very high (6.0 per woman) to a below-replacement level (1.6 per woman) between the early 1960s and mid-1980s, reaching 1.1 per woman in 2005. Similarly, after a dramatic decline from very high to low levels in one decade from the early 1970s to early 1980s, China's fertility reached around 1.5 per woman by 2005. Despite differences in timing, tempo, and scale of fertility declines, dramatic fertility reductions have resulted in extremely rapid population aging and foreshadow a long-term population decline in all three countries. This monograph provides a systematic comparison of fertility transitions in these East Asian countries and discusses the economic, social, and cultural factors that may account for their similarities and differences. After an overview of cultural backgrounds, economic transformations, and the evolution of policies, the trends and age patterns of fertility are examined. The authors then investigate changes in women's marriage and childbearing within marriage, the two major direct determinants of fertility, followed by an analysis of the social and economic factors underlying fertility and nuptiality changes, such as education, women's employment, and gender relations at home.

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Springer

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4431557814

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Illegality in Marine Insurance Law

By: Feng Wang

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Illegality in Marine Insurance Law

By: Feng Wang

Illegality in Marine Insurance Law is the first book to deal specifically with illegality in the context of marine insurance law. Previously, this issue has only ever been partially covered within analysis and criticism of Section 41 of the Marine Insurance Act 1906 and warranties. However, Dr Wang Feng goes much further than this by considering its impact on the common law relevant to marine insurance in many jurisdictions worldwide. The book addresses whether the existing law represents an accurate codification of the former authorities and whether Section 41 truly reflects existing legal principles. As well as this, the book examines how correctly to approach illegality within the context of marine insurance, considering the fundamental changes to the rule of breach of warranty introduced by the Insurance Act 2015. Of interest to academic researchers and practitioners in common law and civil law jurisdictions, this book provides rigorous analysis of the illegality issue and a conceptual approach for various approaches to reform marine insurance law. It is a unique and comprehensive guide to illegality in marine insurance law.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317222881

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9781317222880

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ONE QUARTER OF HUMANITY

ONE QUARTER OF HUMANITY

Boundaries and Categories

Boundaries and Categories

Prudence and Pressure

Prudence and Pressure

Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications

Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications

Illegality in Marine Insurance Law

Illegality in Marine Insurance Law

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