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Strength in numbers : population, reproduction, and power in eighteenth-century France /

"In the eighteenth century France became convinced it was losing population. While not technically true (France was merely failing to gain population as rapidly as Great Britain and the German states), the public's belief in a national fertility crisis had far-reaching consequences. In Str...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blum, Carol, 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter One: The Value of Kings ""; ""Chapter Two: and the “Depopulation Lettersâ€?""; ""Chapter Three: Celibacy""; ""Chapter Four: Divorce, the Demographic Spur""; ""Chapter Five: Polygamy""; ""Chapter Six: Rousseau and the Paradoxes of Reproduction""; ""Chapter Seven: Population Politics in Revolution""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""