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Book SynopsisIn analyzing the social and economic factors underlying the decline of fertility in nineteenth-century France. Etienne van de Walle found that official statistics for the period were incomplete and inaccurate. He thus undertook a full reconstruction. In this volume, he presents a detailed discussion of the methodology used to correct and to supplem
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*List of Tables, pg. xiii*List of Maps and Figures, pg. xvi*CHAPTER 1: The Background, pg. 3*CHAPTER 2: The Data, pg. 13*CHAPTER 3: Reconstruction of the Female Population by Age, pg. 56*CHAPTER 4: Reconstruction of the Female Population by Marital Status, pg. 99*CHAPTER 5: The Total Female Population of France, pg. 123*CHAPTER 6: Patterns of Bias in the Departements, pg. 145*CHAPTER 7: Main Trends of Fertility and Nuptiality by Departement, pg. 170*CHAPTER 8: Some Additional Results of the Reconstruction on Mortality and Migration, pg. 189*Conclusion, pg. 202*1. Technical Notes on the Reconstruction of Individual Departements, pg. 208*2. The Data, by Departement, pg. 225*3. Presentation de l'Ouvrage au Lecteur Francais, pg. 467*References, including Official Statistical Sources, pg. 472*Geographical Index, pg. 480
