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[[Demographic aspects of urbanization in the Lower Yangtze region in China, circa 1500-1900]]

T Liu

    Jing Ji Lun Wen
    |September 1, 1986
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    AsiaChinaDemographic FactorsDemographyDeveloping CountriesEastern AsiaGeographic FactorsHistorical DemographyHistorical SurveyMigration--historyPopulationPopulation Characteristics--historyPopulation DynamicsRural-urban Migration--historySocial SciencesSpatial DistributionUrban PopulationUrban Spatial DistributionUrbanization--history

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