A Concise History of China’s Population

This book provides a comprehensive overview and explanation of China’s population analysing is special characteristics and patterns of growth over the past two thousand years. Topics include its composition, distribution, migration, and tdeep analysis into China’s historical population.

Jianxiong Ge is a famous Chinese Historical Geographer and an expert in the studies of Chinese history and demographic history. He is Professor and Former Director of the Institute of Historical Geography of Fudan University in Shanghai, and Director of the Fudan University Library. He is one of the first two recipients of the doctoral degree in Humanities in the People’s Republic of China. He is a member of Chinese National Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (CNC-IGBP). He is editorial board member of Historical Geography and various other boards. His research interests include historical geography and human geography.