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Book SynopsisProfound changes have occurred in the demography and sociology of Italian fertility since Napoleonic times. Using the statistical system instituted in 1861 with national unification, Massimo Livi-Bacci provides a systematic and detailed analysis of fertility trends in Italy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He brings to light the main feat
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Preface, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xi*List of Tables, pg. xiii*List of Maps and Figures, pg. xxi*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1: From Napoleonic Times to National Unification, pg. 7*CHAPTER 2: Regional Development of Fertility since Unification: 1861-1971, pg. 49*CHAPTER 3: Urban-Rural Residence and the Decline in Fertility, pg. 110*CHAPTER 4: The Geography of Fertility and Nuptiality Changes, pg. 135*CHAPTER 5: Factors Involved in Italy's Fertility Decline, pg. 189*CHAPTER 6: Differential Fertility as a Key to the Interpretation of Fertility Decline, pg. 216*CHAPTER 7: Some Fertility Determinants: Biological Factors, Family Structure, and Selected Characteristics of Italian Society, pg. 249*Conclusion, pg. 284*Appendix A, pg. 291*Appendix BETA, pg. 298*Appendix C, pg. 301*Official Statistical Sources, pg. 303*Index, pg. 305
