Fate and Fortune in Rural China. Social Organization and Population Behavior in Liaoning 1774 - 1873.

Lee, James and Cameron Campbell:

ISBN 10: 0521581192 / ISBN 13: 9780521581196

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time. 280p hardback with orange illustrated laminated jacket, as new, pages clean with appendix and references, excellent copy, no names or stamps Language: English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fate and Fortune in Rural China. Social Organization and Population Behavior in Liaoning 1774 - 1873.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521581192
• ISBN 13: 9780521581196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

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 demonstrate the interaction between demographic and other social pressures, and illustrate graphically the nature of social mobility and social organization in rural China during the century from 1774SH1873. Their conclusion--that social norms, rooted in ideology, determined demographic performance--is supported by a mass of hitherto inaccessible primary data.

About the Author

James Z. Lee is Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  When he wrote this book he was Associate Professor of Chinese History at the California Institute of Technology.  Cameron Campbell is Professor of Sociology at UCLA.