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Reproduce or perish? The artefact of the fertility ; concept and the French School of Demography
Sich reproduzieren oder untergehen? Das Artefakt "Fertilität" und die "Französische Schule" der Demographie
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Abstract "This article investigates the complicated and intertwined history between the scientific discipline of demography, the depopulation debate and the pronatalist lobby, and French republican policies from the late nineteenth century till the eve of the Second World War. The authoress suggests that cen... view more
"This article investigates the complicated and intertwined history between the scientific discipline of demography, the depopulation debate and the pronatalist lobby, and French republican policies from the late nineteenth century till the eve of the Second World War. The authoress suggests that central to this history is the concept and codification of fertility." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
France; historical analysis; population development; demography; nineteenth century; World War II; fertility; conception; science; fascism; immigration; population policy; family planning; Malthus, T.; First World War; woman; population decrease; racism; Nazism; twentieth century
Classification
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
General History
Method
descriptive study; historical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 120-139
Journal
Historical Social Research, 36 (2011) 2
Issue topic
Fertilität in der Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts: Trends, Theorien, Politik, Diskurse
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.2.120-139
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed