A History of Italian Fertility During the Last Two Centuries

by Massimo Livi Bacci and Massimo Livi Bacci

Book Overview

Profound changes have occurred in the demography and sociology of Italian fertility since Napoleonic times. Using the statistical system instituted in 1861 with national unification, Massimo Livi-Bacci provides a systematic and detailed analysis of fertility trends in Italy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He brings to light the main features of the secular decline: its rapid occurrence in the northern and central areas; the widening urban-rural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691093695
• ISBN13: 9780691093697
• Release Date: July 1977
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"