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The Significance of Looking Back: Fertility Before the "Fertility Decline" [2011].
Die Bedeutung des Blicks zurück in die Geschichte: Fertilität vor dem 'Geburtenrückgang'
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Abstract In this paper, I argue that living with no or few children and low fertility was widespread in preindustrial societies. After a critical discussion of demographic transition theory and the concept of "natural fertility", I investigate fertility in early modern Europe. In doing so, I follow the sugge... mehr
In this paper, I argue that living with no or few children and low fertility was widespread in preindustrial societies. After a critical discussion of demographic transition theory and the concept of "natural fertility", I investigate fertility in early modern Europe. In doing so, I follow the suggestion of "cultural demography" and combine quantitative and qualitative research. I show a great extent and many variations of deliberate birth control before the "fertility decline" took place. This finding should help to see the actual level of fertility as less exceptional and dramatic than it is often claimed.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
frühe Neuzeit; Europa; Japan; Fruchtbarkeit; Kinderzahl; Geburtenrückgang; Demographie
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Bevölkerung
Freie Schlagwörter
fertility; birth control; demographic transition theory
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 262-286
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2023) 34
Heftthema
Arbeit, Bevölkerung, Alter und Migration - historisch und im interkulturellen Vergleich: Eine persönliche Retrospektive
ISSN
0936-6784
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)