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Population Theory in China
Edited by H. Yuan Tien
Professor Ma Yinchu’s New Population Theory was widely criticised and discredited in the early years of the People’s Republic of China. However, in 1979, the Chinese government began to accept his hypothesis that the country could not afford more than a 2% increase in population and agreed that the…
Paperback – 2017-08-16
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Routledge Revivals
When the Golden Bough Breaks
Structuralism or Typology?
By Peter Munz
This original, provocative study, first published in 1973, presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines. The volume begins with a sympathetic but critical examination of Lévi-Strauss’s…
Paperback – 2017-08-15
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Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology of Religion
The 'Soul' of the Primitive
By Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
The object of this book, first published in 1928, is a study of the ways in which those who were once called ‘primitives’ conceive of their own individuality. The author inquires into the notions they possess of their life-principle, their soul, and their personality, often encountering that many…
Paperback – 2017-08-15
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Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology of Religion