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Author Coontz, Sidney H. (Sidney Harry)

Title Population Theories and their Economic Interpretation.

Publication Info. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series International Library of Sociology. Economics and society ; 8
International library of sociology. Economics and society ; 8.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; I: Population Theories Since Malthus; 1. Methodology; 2. Biological Theories; The Density Principle; The Diet Principle; Spencer's Biological Theory; 3. Cultural Theories; The Volitional Approach; The Principle of Increasing 'Individuality'; The Theory of Increasing Prosperity; Rationalism as the Cause of the Fertility Decline; Socio-Economic Status; Urbanization; 4. The Economic Analysis: Classical and Neo-Classical Theories; Historical Survey; The Classical School; Neo-Classical Theory.
5. The Economic Analysis Continued: Marxian and Leninist Influence on Soviet DemographyII: The Economic Interpretation; 6. The Problem; 7. The Evolution in the Economic Function of the Family; The Changed Economic Function of the Family among the Wealthy; The Economic Function of the Family for the Poor; Women's Social Status and Fertility; 8. The Demand for Labour; The Industrial Revolution; The Evolution of Capitalism and the Fertility Decline; 9. Summary and Conclusions; Index.
Summary First published in 1998.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Population.
Population.
Sociology.
Sociology.
Families.
Families.
Fertility, Human.
Fertility, Human.
Demography.
Demography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Coontz, Sidney H. (Sidney Harry). Population Theories and their Economic Interpretation. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013 9780415175319
ISBN 9781136228902 (electronic book)
113622890X (electronic book)