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.
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"I strongly recommend this book to be a required reader for any future China scholars in the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, history, demography, or research methodology." Huang Shu-Min, American Anthropologist
"This important book will be of great interest to students of Chinese society and to comparative demographers." C. Schirokauer, Choice
"This book is the latest step forward in the historical micro-demography of China....The authors are to be commended for the meticulous work and intelligent sense of problem that have led them to this major achievement." Steven Harrell, Population and Development Review
"The authors are to be congratulated for the meticulous work and intelligent sense of problem that have led them to this major achievement." Stevan Harrell, Population and Development Review
"I strongly recommend this book to be a required reader for any future China Scholars in the disciplines on anthropology, sociology, history, demography or research methodology." Huang Shu-Min, American Anthropologist
"...shows how methods generated by demographers for reconstructing partial data sets allow historianx to make greater use of available records." Christopher M. Isett, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"It is a classic study of social history an dhistorical sociology, where two of the most important aspects of a human society - population reproduction and social organization - are examined together." "The numerous facts and insights offered in the book also shed much light on the understanding of human societies in general and Chinese society in particular. Any serious effort in the studies of comparative historical demography, comparative social history, and comparative historical sociology will have to look up to this book not only as a source of inspiration, but also as a new standard." Wang Feng, Social Forces
"This is a landmark work on Chinese social history. It pioneers the banner registers, a new source of data on late imperial China, and it raises Chinese population history to a new level of methodological sophistication. It offers an unprecedented view kof social stratification and mobility at the lower end of the social spectrum in premodern China. And it presents very intriguing data on demographic processes that are unlike any other data available for premodern China." Am. Jrnl of Sociology
"...a major addition not only to the historiography of CHinese peasant populations but to the literature of historical demography in general." Andrejs Plakans, The Historian
"This is a well-written book...Social historians will find this a useful reference, both for the methodology it presents and for the organization of information that may serve as a background for research in other types of archival material." China Review International
"This important book will be of great interest to students of Chinese society and to comparative demographers." C. Schirokauer, Choice
"This book is the latest step forward in the historical micro-demography of China....The authors are to be commended for the meticulous work and intelligent sense of problem that have led them to this major achievement." Steven Harrell, Population and Development Review
"The authors are to be congratulated for the meticulous work and intelligent sense of problem that have led them to this major achievement." Stevan Harrell, Population and Development Review
"I strongly recommend this book to be a required reader for any future China Scholars in the disciplines on anthropology, sociology, history, demography or research methodology." Huang Shu-Min, American Anthropologist
"...shows how methods generated by demographers for reconstructing partial data sets allow historianx to make greater use of available records." Christopher M. Isett, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"It is a classic study of social history an dhistorical sociology, where two of the most important aspects of a human society - population reproduction and social organization - are examined together." "The numerous facts and insights offered in the book also shed much light on the understanding of human societies in general and Chinese society in particular. Any serious effort in the studies of comparative historical demography, comparative social history, and comparative historical sociology will have to look up to this book not only as a source of inspiration, but also as a new standard." Wang Feng, Social Forces
"This is a landmark work on Chinese social history. It pioneers the banner registers, a new source of data on late imperial China, and it raises Chinese population history to a new level of methodological sophistication. It offers an unprecedented view kof social stratification and mobility at the lower end of the social spectrum in premodern China. And it presents very intriguing data on demographic processes that are unlike any other data available for premodern China." Am. Jrnl of Sociology
"...a major addition not only to the historiography of CHinese peasant populations but to the literature of historical demography in general." Andrejs Plakans, The Historian
"This is a well-written book...Social historians will find this a useful reference, both for the methodology it presents and for the organization of information that may serve as a background for research in other types of archival material." China Review International
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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 organisation 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.
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banner occupation, banner hierarchies, horizontal households, banner hierarchy, life table families, ding status, group leader status, demographic privilege, banner position, mortality sex differentials, miscellaneous relationships, banner registers, banner status, preceding register, banner population, banner households, banner society, household hierarchy, household complexity, banner system, banner organization, banner service, previous register, renmin chuban, intercensal period Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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banner occupation, banner hierarchies, horizontal households, banner hierarchy, life table families, ding status, group leader status, demographic privilege, banner position, mortality sex differentials, miscellaneous relationships, banner registers, banner status, preceding register, banner population, banner households, banner society, household hierarchy, household complexity, banner system, banner organization, banner service, previous register, renmin chuban, intercensal period Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eight Banner, Son's Wife, Han Chinese, Log Likelihood, Model North, First Born Girls, Later Born Girls, Manchu Chinese, Variable Estimated, All Boys, Later Born Boys, Multiple Family Household Head, Multiple Family Household Member, Multiple Household Group Member, Western Europe, Arthur Wolf, Boys Girls, Degrees of Freedom, Far Eastern, Other Household Member, Outside Household, Relationship Rate, Single-Family Household Member, Uncle's Wife, Wang Shaowu New!
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