The Population History of China (1368-1953)

Contents
Tables, Diagrams, and Maps
1
Introduction
2
Reinvestigating the Population of the Ming and Qing
3
Population of Prefectures in the Hongwu Period
4
The Military Population and the Population of National Minorities in the Ming Dynasty
5
The Population Growth and Distribution in the Ming Dynasty
6
The Rapid Population Decline between the Ming and Qing Dynasties
7
The Population of the Four Southern Provinces in the Mid-Qing Dynasty
8
The Population of the Prefectures in Sichuan Province in the Mid-Qing Dynasty
9
Population by Prefecture in Northern China in the Mid-Qing Dynasty
10
The Impact of the Taiping War on the Population
11
The Urban Population in the Hongwu Period
12
The Urban Population in the Late Ming Dynasty
13
The Urban Population in Northern China in the Mid-Qing Dynasty
14
Urban Population in Southern China in the Mid-Qing Dynasty
15
Urban Population of Shandong Province at the End of the Qing Dynasty
16
Urban Population at the End of the Qing Dynasty, the Examples of Zhili and Henan
17
Conclusion
Appendix 1:
Population and Population Density of Regions in the Ming Dynasty
Appendix 2:
The Number of Li, the Population of Inner Cities and Fu Captials in 1393 (Hongwu’s 26th Year)
Appendix 3:
The Population of the County Headquarters (excluding Fucheng and Fuguo) and the Urbanization Rate of the Individual Fu in 1393 (Hongwu 26th Year)
Appendix 4:
Urban Population and Urbanization Rate of Individual Fu in 1580 (Wanli 8th Year)
Appendix 5:
Changes in the Population of the Individual Fu in the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties
Appendix 6:
Population of the Individual Fu from 1393 to 1953
Appendix 7:
Population of Individual Fu from 1680 to 1953
Appendix 8:
Population of Fu and Towns in the Qing Dynasty
Glossary of Chinese Characters
Bibliography
Index