2. The Economics and Sociology of Fertility: A Synthesis

Kapitel in diesem Buch

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