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Book SynopsisThe 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 advanced for these changes. The authors stress the effects
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Series Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. ix*1. The Historical Study of Vital Processes, pg. 1*2. The Economics and Sociology of Fertility: A Synthesis, pg. 57*3. Fertility Strategy for the Individual and the Group, pg. 135*4. Models of Preindustrial Dynamics with Applications to England, pg. 155*5. Inheritance Systems, Family Structure, and Demographic Patterns in Western Europe, 1700-1900, pg. 209*6. A Multivariate Regression Analysis of Fertility Differentials among Massachusetts Townships and Regions in i860, pg. 225*7. Alone in Europe: The French Fertility Decline until i85o, pg. 257*8. Early Industrialization and Demographic Change in the Canton of Zurich, pg. 289*9. Questions and Conclusions, pg. 335*Contributors, pg. 351*Bibliography, pg. 355*Index, pg. 381
