Mabiki : infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 /
This is the story of a society reversing deeply-held worldviews and revolutionising its demography. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples raised only two or three children, resulting in shrinking villages and dwindling domain headcounts. In eastern Japan, population growth resumed in the nin...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2013]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780520953611 0520953614 1299557295 9781299557291 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |