Every fifth child : the population of China (Record no. 541)

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082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 304.6 ORL
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Personal name Orleans, Leo A.
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Title Every fifth child : the population of China
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Eyro Methuen
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1972
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Extent 191p.
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Summary, etc. Sometime in the distant past, the editors of this series inquired whether I would be interested in doing a population book-'a kind of economic and social geography of China ... rather than just another account of well-known statistics or a debate between demographers on the validity of the data'. The next year and a half went by with occasional corres pondence, much of it expressing concern that the book be not too. specialized, treating China's demography 'in the abstract and as a pure subject', and my reassurances to the editors that neither the quality and volume of data nor my style could make this a highly technical monograph. On the other hand I was not willing to do a 'popular' book on the subject. In an effort to resolve this contradition, the title 'Every Fourth Child' was suggested for those who might be scared away by a more sterile heading, plus 'The Population of China' for those who are more fact and figure oriented. It is a reasonable mix ture. That the title turned out to be 'Every Fifth Child' is incidental to this tale.<br/><br/>When concern over population has become universal, the implica tions of China's population are such that the interest extends far beyond the usual audience - it haunts the world leaders, frustrates the professional China-watchers, and intrigues many people who have only an understandable curiosity in the subject. Hopefully I have managed to write something that is scholarly enough, general enough, and interesting enough to make it palatable for both the professional and the lay reader.<br/>
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Population-Statistics
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