A Concise History of China's Population

ISBN-13: 9781032604169 / Twarda / 2023 / 512 str.

Jianxiong Ge

Opis

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 tdeep analysis into China’s historical population.

Spis treści

Part I Population Surveys in History and the Extant Records 1 Origination of Population Surveys 2 Evolution and Development of the Population Survey System 3 The Assessment of Historical Demographic Data Part II Development of China’s Population Size in History and Characteristics of Its Changes 4 The Qin and Han Period 5 The Three Kingdoms to Sui Period 6 The Tang Period 7 The Song, Liao and Jin Periods 8 The Yuan Period 9 The Ming Period 10 The Qing and Modern Periods 11 Characteristics of Changes in Population Sizes 12 Causes of Changes in Population Size Part III Population Composition, Reproduction, Distribution and Migration 13 Composition and Reproduction of the Population 14 Population Distribution 15 Population Migration

O autorze

Jianxiong Ge is a famous Chinese Historical Geographer and an expert in the studies of Chinese history and demographic history. He is Professor and Former Director of the Institute of Historical Geography of Fudan University in Shanghai, and Director of the Fudan University Library. He is one of the first two recipients of the doctoral degree in Humanities in the People’s Republic of China. He is a member of Chinese National Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (CNC-IGBP). He is editorial board member of Historical Geography and various other boards. His research interests include historical geography and human geography.