Death at the opposite ends of the Eurasian continent Mortality trends in Taiwan and the Netherlands

• Other Authors: Shepherd, John R. (Editor), Engelen, Theo (Editor), Yang Wen-Shan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam University Press 2011
• Series: Life at the Extremes 4
• Subjects: Sociology & anthropology; Population & demography; sociology; sociologie
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Historical demographers since Malthus have characterized the West-European and Chinese demographic regimes as systems under low and high pressure, respectively. This volume examines the operation of the positive check at the two ends of the Eurasian continent by taking the Netherlands and Taiwan as...