Mabiki [[electronic resource] ] : infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 / / Fabian Drixler |
Autore | Drixler Fabian Franz <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.6/6809520903 |
Collana | Asia: Local Studies/Global Themes |
Soggetto topico |
Fertility, human - Japan - History
Infanticide - Japan - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century japan
19th century japan anthropology ethnography asian culture asian history books for history lovers child murder demography studies discussion books east japan setting easy to read educational books evolution of japanese society history infanticide interesting books japanese history learning while reading leisure reads nonfiction over population in japan population control in japan population growth restrictions on child birth reverse fertility social history in japan |
ISBN | 0-520-95361-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON CONVENTIONS -- 1. Introduction. Contested Worldviews and a Demographic Revolution -- 2. Three Cultures of Family Planning -- 3. Humans, Animals, and Newborn Children -- 4. Infanticide and Immortality. The Logic of the Stem Household -- 5. The Material and Moral Economy of Infanticide -- 6. The Logic of Infant Selection -- 7. The Ghosts of Missing Children. Four Approaches to Estimating the Rate of Infanticide -- 8. Infanticide and Extinction -- 9. "Inferior Even to Animals". Moral Suasion and the Boundaries of Humanity -- 10. Subsidies and Surveillance -- 11. Even a Strong Castle Cannot Be Defended without Soldiers. Infanticide and National Security -- 12. Infanticide and the Geography of Civilization -- 13. Epilogue Infanticide in the Shadows of the Modern State -- 14. Conclusion -- APPENDIX ONE. The Own-Children Method and Its Mortality Assumptions -- APPENDIX TWO. Sampling Biases, Sources of Error, and the Characteristics of the Ten Provinces Dataset -- APPENDIX THREE. The Villages in the Ten Provinces Dataset -- APPENDIX FOUR -- APPENDIX FIVE -- APPENDIX SIX -- APPENDIX SEVEN -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786711903321 |
Drixler Fabian Franz <1978-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mabiki : infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 / / Fabian Drixler |
Autore | Drixler Fabian Franz <1978-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.6/6809520903 |
Collana | Asia: Local Studies/Global Themes |
Soggetto topico |
Fertility, human - Japan - History
Infanticide - Japan - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century japan
19th century japan anthropology ethnography asian culture asian history books for history lovers child murder demography studies discussion books east japan setting easy to read educational books evolution of japanese society history infanticide interesting books japanese history learning while reading leisure reads nonfiction over population in japan population control in japan population growth restrictions on child birth reverse fertility social history in japan |
ISBN | 0-520-95361-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON CONVENTIONS -- 1. Introduction. Contested Worldviews and a Demographic Revolution -- 2. Three Cultures of Family Planning -- 3. Humans, Animals, and Newborn Children -- 4. Infanticide and Immortality. The Logic of the Stem Household -- 5. The Material and Moral Economy of Infanticide -- 6. The Logic of Infant Selection -- 7. The Ghosts of Missing Children. Four Approaches to Estimating the Rate of Infanticide -- 8. Infanticide and Extinction -- 9. "Inferior Even to Animals". Moral Suasion and the Boundaries of Humanity -- 10. Subsidies and Surveillance -- 11. Even a Strong Castle Cannot Be Defended without Soldiers. Infanticide and National Security -- 12. Infanticide and the Geography of Civilization -- 13. Epilogue Infanticide in the Shadows of the Modern State -- 14. Conclusion -- APPENDIX ONE. The Own-Children Method and Its Mortality Assumptions -- APPENDIX TWO. Sampling Biases, Sources of Error, and the Characteristics of the Ten Provinces Dataset -- APPENDIX THREE. The Villages in the Ten Provinces Dataset -- APPENDIX FOUR -- APPENDIX FIVE -- APPENDIX SIX -- APPENDIX SEVEN -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819491903321 |
Drixler Fabian Franz <1978-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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