Historical Studies of Changing Fertility /

Historical Studies of Changing Fertility / / Charles Tilly.

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The nine papers in this volume examine the historical experience of particular populations in Western Europe and North America in a search for the processes that change fertility patterns. The contributors' findings enable them to reevaluate some of the conflicting hypotheses that have been adv...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
VerfasserIn:
Tilly, Charles,
MitwirkendeR:
Berkner, Lutz K.,
Braun, Rudolf,
Easterlin, Richard A.,
Lee, Ronald,
Mendels, Franklin F.,
Tilly, Charles,
Van De Walle, Etienne,
Vinovskis, Maris A.,
Wrigley, E. A.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1978
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Quantitative Studies in History ; 1561
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Physical Description:1 online resource (402 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Series Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. The Historical Study of Vital Processes
  • 2. The Economics and Sociology of Fertility: A Synthesis
  • 3. Fertility Strategy for the Individual and the Group
  • 4. Models of Preindustrial Dynamics with Applications to England
  • 5. Inheritance Systems, Family Structure, and Demographic Patterns in Western Europe, 1700-1900
  • 6. A Multivariate Regression Analysis of Fertility Differentials among Massachusetts Townships and Regions in i860
  • 7. Alone in Europe: The French Fertility Decline until i85o
  • 8. Early Industrialization and Demographic Change in the Canton of Zurich
  • 9. Questions and Conclusions
  • Contributors
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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