An exceptionally high geographical and occupational stability among the working-class households in XVIIIth-century Chartres has enabled us to undertake a population study through family reconstitution limited to 3 out of the 11 parishes. A decrease in the mean number of children is obser- ved for the 630 closed families. This is due to a higher age at marriage for women and an early last conception, two factors which are not fully offset by a higher fertility during the first years of marriage. The urban working classes (textile craftsmen) are the pioneers of this movement, followed later by the suburban wine growers. The movement appears later and is less regular than in Rouen. A serious study of mortality, however, seems very problematic...
The early decline of fertility in France has puzzled scholars for a long time. Chronological analysi...
Abstract The rapid decay of birth rate in France has led historians to research its main causes. How...
Houdaille. Jacques - A Reconstitution of Eighteenth-Century Families in Santo Domingo (Haïti) In thi...
An exceptionally high geographical and occupational stability among the working-class households in ...
A study of fertility among the working classes of Chartres in the XVIIIth century , based on a recon...
A study based on the family reconstitution of twelve villages, selected at random with a population ...
On studying the rural society of the Central Pyrenean region, using the histories of families in the...
SUMMARY A study based on family reconstitution of 10 villages, randomly selected, with a population ...
A study of family books held by Florentines between 1300 and 1530 reveals a very high fertility , wi...
The spectacularly early decline of French fertility is one of the great puzzles of economic history....
The families studied form a particularly social group. These were prolific couples, due both to the ...
This short article documents the restriction of births in a rural protestant society which is virtua...
The state register of the parishes of Chaudebonne and St-Ferréol, in the lower Alps of Drome, hâve e...
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to calculate the intergenerational professional mobility among...
Pour retracer la fécondité sur une longue période, les démographes et historiens ont souvent recours...
The early decline of fertility in France has puzzled scholars for a long time. Chronological analysi...
Abstract The rapid decay of birth rate in France has led historians to research its main causes. How...
Houdaille. Jacques - A Reconstitution of Eighteenth-Century Families in Santo Domingo (Haïti) In thi...
An exceptionally high geographical and occupational stability among the working-class households in ...
A study of fertility among the working classes of Chartres in the XVIIIth century , based on a recon...
A study based on the family reconstitution of twelve villages, selected at random with a population ...
On studying the rural society of the Central Pyrenean region, using the histories of families in the...
SUMMARY A study based on family reconstitution of 10 villages, randomly selected, with a population ...
A study of family books held by Florentines between 1300 and 1530 reveals a very high fertility , wi...
The spectacularly early decline of French fertility is one of the great puzzles of economic history....
The families studied form a particularly social group. These were prolific couples, due both to the ...
This short article documents the restriction of births in a rural protestant society which is virtua...
The state register of the parishes of Chaudebonne and St-Ferréol, in the lower Alps of Drome, hâve e...
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to calculate the intergenerational professional mobility among...
Pour retracer la fécondité sur une longue période, les démographes et historiens ont souvent recours...
The early decline of fertility in France has puzzled scholars for a long time. Chronological analysi...
Abstract The rapid decay of birth rate in France has led historians to research its main causes. How...
Houdaille. Jacques - A Reconstitution of Eighteenth-Century Families in Santo Domingo (Haïti) In thi...