The Population of Modern China
Title | The Population of Modern China PDF eBook |
Author | Dudley L. Poston Jr. |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 750 |
Release | 2013-11-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1489912312 |
Student~ interested in world populations and demography inevitably need to know China. As the most populous country of the world, China occupies a unique position in the world population system. How its population is shaped by the intricate interplays among factors such as its political ideology and institutions, economic reality, government policies, sociocultural traditions, and ethnic divergence represents at once a fascinating and challenging arena for investigatIon and analysis. Yet, for much of the 20th century, while population studies have developed into a mature science, precise information and sophisticated analysis about the Chinese population had largely remained either lacking or inaccessible, first because of the absence of systematic databases due to almost uninterrupted strife and wars, and later because the society was closed to the outside observers for about three decades since 1949. Since the end of the Cultural Revolution, things have dramatically changed. China has embarked on an ambitious reform program where modernization became the utmost goal of societal mobilization. China could no longer afford to rely on imprecise census or survey information for population-related studies and policy planning, nor to remaining closed to the outside world. Both the gathering of more precise information and access to such information have dramatically increased in the 1980s. Systematic observations, analyses and reporting about the Chinese population have surfaced in the population literature around the globe.
Population in Modern China
Title | Population in Modern China PDF eBook |
Author | Da Chen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | China |
ISBN |
Population in Modern China
Title | Population in Modern China PDF eBook |
Author | T. Ch'en |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | China |
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Modern China: A Very Short Introduction
Title | Modern China: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Rana Mitter |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2008-02-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0191578797 |
China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Governing China's Population
Title | Governing China's Population PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Greenhalgh |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780804748803 |
'Governing China's Population' tells the story of political and cultural shifts, from the perspectives of both regime and society.
Population in modern China
Title | Population in modern China PDF eBook |
Author | Ta Ch'en |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1974 |
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Population in modern China
Title | Population in modern China PDF eBook |
Author | Ta Chen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | |
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