TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ying-chang, Chuang
AU  - Engelen, Theo
AU  - Wolf, Arthur P.
AB  - This book adresses an important issue in historical demography - the differences between reproduction in low pressure and high pressure demographic regimes. The existence of such differences was first noted in 1789 by Thomas Malthus when he contrasted the low pressure European regimes with the high pressure regimes found in the less civilized parts of the world, most notably China and Japan. This contrast, long taken as fundamental by historical demographers, has recently been challenged by authors who argue that it should be discarded as Malthusian mythology. The papers included here evaluate the received and revisionist views by comparing reproduction in a high pressure regime - Taiwan during the Japanese occupation - and a low pressure regime - the Netherlands in the years 1830-1920. The papers examine the impact of infant mortality, social class, ethnic identity, illegitimacy, form of marriage, and rural vs. urban settings. Reality or mythology?, that is the question.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_353797
ID  - OAPEN ID: 353797
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 646967612
KW  - geschiedenis
KW  - history
KW  - geography
KW  - auxiliary disciplines
KW  - Birth control
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - China
KW  - Fertility
KW  - Hoklo people
KW  - Legitimacy (family law)
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Taiwan
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/29e18c40-4032-4c7c-8bf2-5089b1a077bc/353797.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34833
PB  - Aksant Academic Publishers
PY  - 2006
SN  - 9789052602134
TI  - Positive or Preventive? : Reproduction in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1850-1940
ER  - 
