Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950 (Volume 25)

440 Pages·2013·13.441 MB·English

by  Fabian Drixler

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Th is book was published with the assistance of the Frederick W.
Hilles Publication Fund of Yale University.
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Mabiki
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ASIA: LOCAL STUDIES/GLOBAL THEMES
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25. Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660–1950, by Fabian Drixler
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Mabiki
Infanticide and Population Growth in
Eastern Japan, 1660–1950
Fabian Drixler
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Drixler, Fabian Franz, 1978–.
Mabiki : infanticide and population growth in eastern Japan,
1660–1950 / Fabian Drixler.
pages cm. — (Asia: local studies/global themes ; 25)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-520-27243-9 (hbk : alk. paper) —
isbn 978-0-520-95361-1 (ebook)
1. Japan—Population—History. 2. Fertility, human—Japan—
History. 3. Infanticide—Japan—History. 4. Japan—Social life
and customs—1600–1868. I. Title.
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To my parents
and
Robert J. Wyman
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations x
Acknowledgments xiii
A Note on Conventions xvii
1. Introduction: Contested Worldviews and a
Demographic Revolution 1
Eastern Japan • Unlocking Fertility Histories • A Reverse Fertility
Transition • Fertility: A Special Defi nition • Th e Meanings of
Infanticide • Th e Case for a Regional Perspective • Discourse
and Demography
part i. the culture of low fertility, ca. 1660–1790
2. Th ree Cultures of Family Planning 25
Th e Geography of Infanticide Countermeasures • Traces in the
Demographic Record • Th e Changing Geography of Infanticide •
Th ree Regimes of Demographic Moderation: Infanticide, Antlion
Cities, and Emigration • A Multicultural Archipelago
3. Humans, Animals, and Newborn Children 47
Of Bugs and Babies • Vengeful Spirits and Liminal Souls • Th e Long
Road to Human Status • Th e Tolerance of Priests and Doctors •
Shadows of Doubt, Traces of Guilt • Animal Spirits • Multiplying
like Birds and Beasts
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