Preface

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Participants vii
4. List of Tables ix
5. List of Figures xiii
6. List of Maps xvii
7. Preface xix
8. Chapter 1. The Decline of Fertility in Europe since the Eighteenth Century As a Chapter in Demographic History 1
9. Chapter 2. A Summary of the Changing Distribution of Overall Fertility, Marital Fertility, and the Proportion Married in the Provinces of Europe 31
10. Chapter 3. Social-Group Forerunners of Fertility Control in Europe 182
11. Chapter 4. Infant Mortality and the European Demographic Transition 201
12. Chapter 5. Urban-Rural Differences in Fertility in Europe during the Demographic Transition 234
13. Chapter 6. Modes of Production, Secularization, and the Pace of the Fertility Decline in Western Europe, 1870–1930 261
14. Chapter 7. Regional and Cultural Factors in the Decline of Marital Fertility in Europe 293
15. Chapter 8. Regional Patterns of Nuptiality in Western Europe, 1870–1960 314
16. Chapter 9. Demographic Transitions in German Villages 337
17. Chapter 10. Lessons from the Past: Policy Implications of Historical Fertility Studies 390
18. Chapter 11. Conclusions 420
19. References 451
20. Index 473
21. Maps 486