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Mabiki [[electronic resource] ] : infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan, 1660-1950 / / Fabian Drixler
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
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui