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CHAPTER IN A NEW CHINESE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT SUGGESTS THAT, FOR CHINA, A POPULATION PLAN IS THE STARTING POINT FOR DRAFTING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE 3 COMPONENT TARGETS OF A POPULATION PLAN ARE IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED: TOTAL POP., BIRTHRATE, RATE OF NATURAL INCREASE. METHODS FOR DEVISING THE PLAN AND GATHERING NECESSARY DATA ARE PRESENTED.

CHAPTER IN A NEW CHINESE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT IS A POLICY RECOMMENDATION IN FAVOR OF FAMILY PLANNING. THE AUTHOR REVIEWS THE "FATALISTIC" PHILOSOPHIES OF CONFUCIUS AND MENCIUS AND ARGUES AGAINST THE TRADITIONAL ROLE ORIENTATIONS OF THE THEORIES. MAO'S INSTRUCTIONS FAVORING LATE MARRIAGE AND A 10-YEAR POPULATION PLAN ARE DISCUSSED.

CHAPTER IN A RECENT CHINESE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT DISCUSSES THE MARXIST APPROACH TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION GROWTH AND SOCIALIST DEVELOPMENT. LOW FERTILITY RATES ARE ARGUED TO BE CONDUCIVE TO A RAPID INCREASE IN LABOR PRODUCTIVITY WHICH WOULD SPUR MODERNIZATION. REGIONAL DIFFERENTIATION IN POPULATION GROWTH PATTERNS IS DISCUSSED AND SOME DATA PRESENTED.

Building on the theory of the demographic transition, Michael S. Teitelbaum assesses the dramatic decline in British fertility from 1841 to 1931 in terms of social transformations associated with the Industrial Revolution. His book is an intensive analysis of the British case at both county and national levels. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905