Description: The authors argue that there has been effective regulation of population growth in China through practices that depressed marital fertility to levels far below European standards, and through widespread infanticide and abortion. These practices contributed to a different demographic transition in China from the one that took place in the West.
Brief description: James Z. Lee is Associate Professor of Chinese History at the California Institute of Technology.
Review Quotes: I congratulate the authors for daring to use their careful quantative work to expres bold, provocative theses about Chinese society, past and present. This is one of the best contributions to Chinese social and economic history we have seen in a long time.--Peter C. Perdue "Journal of Asian Studies"