Quantitative History Webinar Series

DESCRIPTIONThe husband-wife occupations significantly influence a family’s economic condition, social capital, and everyday experience. Changes in spousal occupations forms a major aspect of transformation in Chinese families over the twentieth century. Ying Dai of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and her co-author utilise 175 lineage genealogies with 57,501 couples to examine the spousal occupations of […]

DESCRIPTIONThe Qing state launched the ‘new policy’ reform during the first decade of the 20th century. This ambitious and profound reform unexpectedly led to an increasing number of mass action incidents nationwide, ultimately bringing an end to China’s imperial regime. When assessing mass actions during this precarious decade, previous studies often connect them to the […]