Changing Family Size in England and Wales

by Eilidh Garrett, Simon Szreter, Alice Reid, et al.

Book Overview

This volume is an important study in demographic history. Garrett, Reid, Sch?rer and Szreter use techniques and approaches drawn from demography, history and geography to explore the conditions under which declines in both infant mortality and fertility within marriage occurred in England and Wales between 1891 and 1911. Extensive use is made of previously unavailable census data drawn from thirteen communities in England and Wales, particularly those...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521801532
• ISBN13: 9780521801539
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 554 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"