全球人口增长问题 Global Problems of.Population Growth 24-17.pdfVIP

MCDB 150 Global Problems of Population Growth Lecture 17 Notes We have been discussing theories of why it is that China became so much more densely populated than Europe. One theory says the answer lies in the family structure. The very center of Chinese culture is the family and the responsibilities of members to each other. Families in China are traditionally much more tightly bound than they were in Western Europe. The family was strictly ordered by Confucian doctrine. Women had to give absolute deference to men; children had to give absolute deference to parents and elders.