ISBN:
9781003461012
,
1003461018
,
9781003802297
,
100380229X
,
9781003800897
,
1003800890
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
China perspectives
Uniform Title:
Zhongguo ren kou fa zhan shi
DDC:
304.60951
Keywords:
HISTORY / Asia / China
;
HISTORY / Historical Geography
;
HISTORY / Asia / General
;
China Population
;
China Population policy
Abstract:
"This book provides a comprehensive overview and explanation of China's population analysing is special characteristics and patterns of growth over the past two thousand years. Topics include its composition, distribution, migration, and deep analysis into China's historical population. The author aims to answer complicated questions such as how China's population was formed, when China started its earliest population surveys, how China's population migrated and was distributed historically and how existing population data should be evaluated and used now? In addition, the author explores the influence of natural and human-caused disasters, censuses, tax policies and economic development on China's population changes. The work also offers a span of rich historical detail related to population control. The book will be a great read to students and scholars of population studies, Chinese studies, ethnology, and those who are interested in Chinese history, archaeology, geography, and sociology"--...
DOI:
10.4324/9781003461012
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003461012
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