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The Savage Wars of Peace
A. Macfarlane
其他書名
England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap
出版
Palgrave Macmillan UK
, 2002-11-19
主題
Social Science / Anthropology / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
History / Social History
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Asia / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN
1403904324
9781403904324
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=0PCjQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine and disease in the last three hundred years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores such matters as the destruction of war, decline of famine, importance of certain drinks (especially tea), the use of human excrement and the effects of housing, clothing and bathing on human health. It also shows how the English and Japanese controlled fertility through marriage and sexual patterns, biological and contraceptive factors, abortion and infanticide.