Noriko O. Tsuya is Professor of Economics at Keio University, Tokyo.
Wang Feng is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.
George Alter is Professor of History at the University of Michigan.
James Z. Lee is Chair Professor of Social Science and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
This pioneering study reconceptualizes the impact of social organizations, economic conditions, and human agency on human reproduction in preindustrial communities in Europe and Asia. Unlike previous studies, in which Asia is measured by European standards, Prudence and Pressure develops a Eurasian perspective. Drawing on rich new data and the tools of event-history analysis, the authors challenge the accepted Eurocentric Malthusian view that attributes "prudence" (smaller families due to late marriage) to the preindustrial West and "pressure" (high mortality due to overpopulation) to the East, showing instead important similarities between Europe and Asia in human motivation and population behavior.
The authors analyze age, gender, family and household, kinship, social class and power, religion, culture, and economic resources in order to compare reproductive strategies and outcomes. They reveal underlying similarities between East and West in two major components of the reproductive regime—marriage and childbearing—and offer evidence showing that preindustrial reproduction was motivated and governed by human agency at least as much as by human biology.
Prudence and Pressure is part of a large-scale interdisciplinary effort to use new data and methods to re-examine the Malthusian paradigm of population growth. It represents a significant advance in the fields of historical demography, history, and sociology.
發表於2024-12-24
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圖書標籤: 李中清 曆史6-經濟 曆史 hkust
生育行為是對經濟壓力的正麵迴應。同時,與死亡率,這一對經濟壓力的負麵迴應不同,生育行為更彰顯齣傢庭(戶)之間的資源協作。該書也呈現齣瞭傢庭的另一性質。
評分生育行為是對經濟壓力的正麵迴應。同時,與死亡率,這一對經濟壓力的負麵迴應不同,生育行為更彰顯齣傢庭(戶)之間的資源協作。該書也呈現齣瞭傢庭的另一性質。
評分James太囉嗦瞭。。。很多廢話,一直在強調自己研究的重要性,卻總是對關鍵問題點到為止。
評分James太囉嗦瞭。。。很多廢話,一直在強調自己研究的重要性,卻總是對關鍵問題點到為止。
評分James太囉嗦瞭。。。很多廢話,一直在強調自己研究的重要性,卻總是對關鍵問題點到為止。
Prudence and Pressure 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載