Strength in numbers: population, reproduction, and power in eighteenth-century France
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Main Author: Blum, Carol (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2002
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index
"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 Strength in Numbers: Population, Reproduction, and Power in Eighteenth-Century France, Carol Blum shows how intellectuals used "natalism" as a means of criticizing the monarchy and the Catholic Church in their pursuit of social change."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 261 pages)
ISBN:0801874688
9780801874680

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