Just One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's China

by Susan Greenhalgh

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China's one-child rule is unassailably one of the most controversial social policies of all time. In the first book of its kind, Susan Greenhalgh draws on twenty years of research into China's population politics to explain how the leaders of a nation of one billion decided to limit all couples to one child. Focusing on the historic period 1978-80, when China was just reentering the global capitalist system after decades of self-imposed isolation,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520253396

ISBN13:9780520253391

Release Date:February 2008

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:426 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Abortion & Birth Control Anthropology Asia China Cultural Gender Studies History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Social Science Social Sciences Social Services & Welfare Women in History Women's Studies

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