Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Environmental and social determinants of fecundity in primates
- 3 Biological aspects of fertility among Third World populations
- 4 A preliminary report on fertility and socio-economic changes in two Papua New Guinea communities
- 5 The cultural context of fertility transition in immigrant Mennonites
- 6 Inter-relationships between consanguinity, religion and fertility in Karnataka, South India
- 7 Resources and the fertility transition in the countryside of England and Wales
- 8 Fertility decline and birth spacing among London Quakers
- 9 Population growth, innovation and resource exploitation
- 10 Fertility decline in developing countries: the roles of economic modernization, culture and Government interventions
- 11 Understanding recent fertility trends in the Third World
- 12 Monogamy, landed property and demographic regimes in pre-industrial Europe: regional contrasts and temporal stabilities
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Environmental and social determinants of fecundity in primates
- 3 Biological aspects of fertility among Third World populations
- 4 A preliminary report on fertility and socio-economic changes in two Papua New Guinea communities
- 5 The cultural context of fertility transition in immigrant Mennonites
- 6 Inter-relationships between consanguinity, religion and fertility in Karnataka, South India
- 7 Resources and the fertility transition in the countryside of England and Wales
- 8 Fertility decline and birth spacing among London Quakers
- 9 Population growth, innovation and resource exploitation
- 10 Fertility decline in developing countries: the roles of economic modernization, culture and Government interventions
- 11 Understanding recent fertility trends in the Third World
- 12 Monogamy, landed property and demographic regimes in pre-industrial Europe: regional contrasts and temporal stabilities
- Index
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- Fertility and Resources , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990