Fertility, class, and gender in Britain, 1860-1940 /:

This book offers an original interpretation of the history of falling fertilities in Britain between 1860 and 1940. It integrates the approaches of the social sciences and of demographic, feminist, and labour history with intellectual, social, and political history. It exposes the conceptual and sta...

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1. Verfasser: Szreter, Simon
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 27.
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Zusammenfassung:This book offers an original interpretation of the history of falling fertilities in Britain between 1860 and 1940. It integrates the approaches of the social sciences and of demographic, feminist, and labour history with intellectual, social, and political history. It exposes the conceptual and statistical inadequacies of the orthodox picture of a national, unitary class-differential fertility decline, and presents an entirely new analysis of the famous 1911 fertility census of England and Wales. Surprising and important findings emerge concerning the principal methods of birth control: births were spaced from early on in marriage; and sexual abstinence by married couples was a far more significant practice than previously imagined. The author presents a new general approach to the study of fertility change, raising central issues concerning the relationship between history and social science.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 704 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 636-674) and index.
ISBN:0585031576
9780585031576
9780521343435
0521343437
9780511582240
0511582242

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