Under the shadow of the collective good: An ethnographic analysis of fertility control in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province, China

Modern China

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-348

  Hua, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Fertility control; Marriage; Southeast China

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; POPULATION POLICY; POPULATION SIZE; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIAOSHAN; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 34249885191     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: 15526836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700407301480     Document Type: Article

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