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Chinese Historical Microdemography

By:Stevan Harrell
Publisher:University of California Press
Print ISBN:9780520083066
eText ISBN:9780520914001
Edition:1
Copyright:1996
Format:Reflowable

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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.