One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 1700-2000

One Quarter of Humanity Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities James Z. Lee and Wang Feng This book presents evidence about historical and contemporary Chinese population behavior that overturns much of the received wisdom about the differences between China and the West first voiced by Malthus. Malthus described a China in which early and universal marriage ensured high fertility and therefore high mortality. He contrasted this with Western Europe, where marriage was late and far from ...