Description
1. It is written by the eminent Chinese historical geographer Jianxiong Ge, an expert in the studies of Chinese history and demographic history.
2. It is a concise history of demographic development expounding in a panoramic manner the population phenomena of China, including the composition, distribution, migration, survey system of China's historical population as well as their changes.
3. It answers the questions of how China's population has grown so large, when population surveys began in China and how to properly judge and make use of historical population data.
4. Demographic development is an important topic that cannot be neglected in the research into Chinese history.
Table of Contents
Part I Population Surveys in History and the Extant Records 1 Origination of Population Surveys 2 Evolution and Development of the Population Survey System 3 The Assessment of Historical Demographic Data Part II Development of China’s Population Size in History and Characteristics of Its Changes 4 The Qin and Han Period 5 The Three Kingdoms to Sui Period 6 The Tang Period 7 The Song, Liao and Jin Periods 8 The Yuan Period 9 The Ming Period 10 The Qing and Modern Periods 11 Characteristics of Changes in Population Sizes 12 Causes of Changes in Population Size Part III Population Composition, Reproduction, Distribution and Migration 13 Composition and Reproduction of the Population 14 Population Distribution 15 Population Migration
