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Family and Population in East Asian History.
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This article is published in The Journal of Asian Studies.The article was published on 1986-05-01. It has received 84 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population & East Asia.read more
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Development or involution in eighteenth-century Britain and China? A review of Kenneth Pomeranz's The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
TL;DR: Pomeranz as mentioned in this paper argues that the divergence between development and involution in Europe and China did not occur until after 1800, mainly because of the lucky availability of coal resources for England, and also of other raw materials from the New World.
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England's Divergence from China's Yangzi Delta: Property Relations, Microeconomics, and Patterns of Development
TL;DR: Pomeranz as discussed by the authors argued that if the comparative focus is placed, as only makes sense, not on Europe or China as a whole, but on the most advanced, or core, areas within each, it can be seen that, by as late as 1800, there was little to choose between them, in terms of the character of the economy, the nature of growth, or its results.
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Revising the Malthusian Narrative: The Comparative Study of Population Dynamics in Late Imperial China
William Lavely,R. Bin Wong +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Malthusian dynamics underlie a popular and persuasive set of explanations for the divergent paths of Chinese and European economies and societies of the industrial era.
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Comparing Family Systems in Europe and Asia: Are There Different Sets of Rules?
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that a comparison between household formation in Europe or regions in Europe and in Asia emphasizes differences in internal family structure household fission and responsibility for the aged.
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Family Management and Family Division in Contemporary Rural China
TL;DR: This article conducted field-work in north, south and west China villages and found that prior to the establishment of the People's Republic family organization at all three sites was characterized by the same customary arrangements concerning ownership of property, economic ties among family members, family management and family division.