Fertility, Class and Gender in Britain, 1860 1940
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time Series)
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This book examines the dramatic fall in family size that occurred in Britain between 1860 and 1940. It overturns current thinking by showing how much variety there was in the occupational patterns of falling fertility. There are entirely new and surprising findings: births were widely spaced from early in marriage; and sexual abstinence by married couples was far more important than previously imagined. This study uniquely integrates the fields of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521528682
ISBN13:9780521528689
Release Date:July 2002
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:728 Pages
Weight:2.32 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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