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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139167303321

Titolo

Death at the opposite ends of the Eurasian continent : mortality trends in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1850-1945 / / edited by Theo Engelen, John R. Shepherd, Yang Wen-shan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Aksant, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-05072-2

9786613050724

90-485-1468-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Life at the extremes ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

304.609492

Soggetti

Mortality - Netherlands

Mortality - Taiwan

Mortality - Regional disparities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includesbibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Death at the opposite ends of the Eurasian continent Mortality trends in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1850-1945 / Engelen, Theo / Shepherd, John R. -- 1. Trends in mortality and the evolution of the cause-of-death pattern in the Netherlands: 1850-2000 / Poppel, Frans van -- 2. Trends in mortality and causes of death in Japanese colonial period Taiwan / Shepherd, John R. -- 3. Mortality in the Netherlands: general development and regional differences / Engelen, Theo / Schoonheim, Marloes -- 4. Regional and ethnic variation in mortality in Japanese colonial period Taiwan / Shepherd, John R. -- 5. An outline of socio-medical care in the Netherlands, 19th and early 20th centuries / Rutten, Willibrord -- 6. An overview of public health development in Japan-ruled Taiwan / Shi-yung, Liu -- 7. The demographic history of smallpox in the Netherlands, 18th-19th centuries / Rutten, Willibrord -- 8. Anti-malaria policy in colonial Taiwan / Ya-wen, Ku -- 9. Maternal mortality in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1850-1945 / Shepherd, John R. / Schoonheim, Marloes / Tian-yun, Chang / Kok, Jan -- 10. Maternal depletion and infant mortality / Engelen, Theo / Wolf, Arthur P. -- 11.



The massacre of the innocents Infant mortality in Lugang (Taiwan) and Nijmegen (the Netherlands) / Engelen, Theo / Ying-hui, Hsieh -- 12. Illegitimacy, adoption, and mortality among girls in Penghu, 1906-1945 / Guang-hong, Yu / Yu-lin, Huang / Ling-in, Chuu -- 13. How reliable is Taiwan's colonial period demographic data? / Chun-hao, Li / Wen-shan, Yang / Ying-chang, Chuang -- References

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines contrasting historical demographics in Western Europe and Asia, taking the Netherlands and Taiwan as representative populations. Both countries have witnessed steady, continuous improvements in public health, disease prevention, and medical care. The contributors compare the impact of disease and mortality on the lives of individuals and families under very different cultural and social conditions. Death at the Opposite Ends of the Eurasian Continent analyzes a variety of factors, including maternal and infant mortality, as well as the accuracy of Taiwan's censuses and death reporting.