The Demographic Transition
Jean-Claude Chesnais
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The Demographic Transition

Stages, Patterns, and Economic Implications

Übersetzer: Kreager, Elizabeth; Kreager, Philip
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Demographic transition constitutes one of the most fundamental modern historical changes; people live much longer, have fewer children, and experience higher mobility. This book examines the basic mechanisms behind the modernisation of demographic behaviour. The author has marshalled an impressive array of statistical material relating to sixty-seven countries, half of them less developed countries. Most of the tables are time-series, covering many decades and sometimes go back to the nineteenth, and even eighteenth centuries. The whole sweep of western experience is dealt with here impartiall...