Mabiki : infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 /

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This is the story of a society reversing deeply-held worldviews and revolutionising its demography. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples raised only two or three children, resulting in shrinking villages and dwindling domain headcounts. In eastern Japan, population growth resumed in the nin...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Drixler, Fabian Franz, 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Series:Asia--local studies/global themes ; 25.
Subjects:
1600-1868
Fertility, Human > Japan > History.
Infanticide > Japan > History.
Fécondité humaine > Japon > Histoire.
Infanticide > Japon > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Fertility, Human
Infanticide
Manners and customs
Population
Japan > Population > History.
Japan > Social life and customs > 1600-1868.
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes > 1600-1868.
Japan
18th century japan.
19th century japan.
anthropology ethnography.
asian culture.
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books for history lovers.
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easy to read.
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evolution of japanese society.
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infanticide.
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japanese history.
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nonfiction.
over population in japan.
population control in japan.
population growth.
restrictions on child birth.
reverse fertility.
social history in japan.
History
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