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Article: Population and society in twentieth-century Southeast Asia.
- Article from:
- Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
- Article date:
- September 1, 1994
- Author:
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The statistics of population behavior in the mass are a dry topic treated in
isolation, though they possess their own fascination and rational structure.
But they measure events which are central to the life of men and women in all
ages. Once attention is turned outward from the events themselves to the
social and economic environment in which they occur, the appeal and
importance of demography is apparent. The pressures of hard times and the
opportunities of happier periods are reflected in historical demography like