The study of Asian historical demography has lagged behind that of its European and American counterparts for some time. This volume serves to narrow the gap by drawing together material from scholars specializing in demography across the spectrum of Asian countries. The collection divides into...

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 meeasured by European standards, Prudence and Pressure develops a...

This article summarizes major recent findings on Chinese demographic behavior and outlines their relevancy for the Malthusian model of comparative population dynamics and Chinese population in particular. Specifically, it considers four distinctive and persistent features of Chinese behavior...

The values of dielectric constant for N,N-dimethylformamide(DMF)–water mixtures in entire mixing range have been determined in the frequency range 100 MHz–20 GHz at 298 K using the dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) method. The dielectric spectra of DMF–water mixture with an...