Tibetan transitions : historical and contemporary perspectives on fertility, family planning, and demographic change / by Geoff Childs.
"Tibetan Transitions" uses the dual lenses of anthropology and demography to analyze population regulating mechanisms in traditional Tibetan societies, and to document recent transitions from high to low fertility throughout the Tibetan world. Using the author's case studies on histor...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Series: | Brill's Tibetan studies library ;
v. 19. |
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| Summary: | "Tibetan Transitions" uses the dual lenses of anthropology and demography to analyze population regulating mechanisms in traditional Tibetan societies, and to document recent transitions from high to low fertility throughout the Tibetan world. Using the author's case studies on historical Tibet, the Tibet Autonomous Region, the highlands of Nepal, and Tibetan exile communities in South Asia, this book provides a theoretical perspective on demographic processes by linking fertility transitions with family systems, economic strategies, gender equity, and family planning ideologies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-314) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047443506 9047443500 1283061066 9781283061063 9786613061065 6613061069 |
| ISSN: | 1568-6183 ; |