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Fate and fortune in rural China, social organization and population behavior in Liaoning, 1774-1873, James Z. Lee and Cameron D. Campbell, with contributions by Chris J. Myers and Yizhuang Ding

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Fate and fortune in rural China, social organization and population behavior in Liaoning, 1774-1873, James Z. Lee and Cameron D. Campbell, with contributions by Chris J. Myers and Yizhuang Ding

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fate and fortune in rural China

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

715168429

Responsibility statement

James Z. Lee and Cameron D. Campbell, with contributions by Chris J. Myers and Yizhuang Ding

Series statement

Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time, 31Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

social organization and population behavior in Liaoning, 1774-1873

Summary

Fate and Fortune in Rural China is a major contribution to the study of both the social and population history of late traditional China, and that of historical demography in general. Lee and Campbell use the example of Liaoning to demonstrate the interaction between demographic and other social pressures, and to illustrate graphically the nature of social mobility and social organization in rural China over the course of the century from 1774–1873. Their conclusion - that social norms, rooted in ideology, determined demographic performance - is supported by a mass of hitherto inaccessible primary data. The authors show how the Chinese state articulated two different principles of social hierarchy, heredity and ability, through two different social organizations: households and banners. These different boundary conditions, each the explicit creation of the state, gave rise to contrasting demographic behaviour.--, Provided by publisher

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