Death at the opposite ends of Eurasian continent : Mortality trends in Taiwan and the Netherlands.
Historical demographers since Malthus have characterized the West-European and Chinese demographic regimes as systems under low and high pressure, respectively. This volume examines the operation of the positive check at the two ends of the Eurasian continent by taking the Netherlands and Taiwan as...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2011.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789048514687 9048514681 1283050722 9781283050722 9052603790 9789052603797 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Historical demographers since Malthus have characterized the West-European and Chinese demographic regimes as systems under low and high pressure, respectively. This volume examines the operation of the positive check at the two ends of the Eurasian continent by taking the Netherlands and Taiwan as representatives of the West-European and Chinese mortality regimes. Are these cases as different as the low and high pressure contrast implies? The volume opens with a cluster of chapters dealing with long term trends in mortality and the accompanying changes in causes of death (Chapters 1 through 4. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (401 pages). |
| Access: | OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks). All rights reserved. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Series: | Life at the Extremes, 4.
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