Culture and human fertility : a study of the relation of cultural conditions to fertility in non-industrial and transitional societies. / With special contributions by Meyer Fortes [and others.]

Lorimer, Frank

Paris : UNESCO, 1954. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Light tanning to page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Library copy. Item #431250

Physical description; 514 pages illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 502-503) and index. Under the auspices of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (Committee on Population Problems of Countries in Process of Industrialization). Contents; Part 1. General theory / by Frank Lorimer -- 1. Capacity for procreation and levels of natality -- 2. The relation of kinship systems to fertility -- 3. Environment, culture and fertility -- 4. Culturally uncontrolled trends in fertility -- 5. Cultural conditions and fertility in stable agrarian civilization -- 6. The relation of cultural conditions to the demographic transition -- Part 2. A demographic field study in Ashanti / by Meyer Fortes -- 1. The social background -- 2. The fertility of Agogo women -- Part 3. Some aspects of the relation of social conditions to human fertility in the Gold Coast / by K.A. Busia -- Part 4. Report on fertility surveys in Buganda and Buhaya, 1952 / by Audrey I. Richards and Priscilla Reining -- 1. Social conditions and fertility -- 2. Preliminary demographic findings -- Part 5. The Brazilian birth rate: its economic and social factors / by Giorgio Mortara -- 1. The level of birth rate in Brazil -- 2. The birth rate in the different natural and political regions -- 3. The birth rate in the different ethnic groups -- 4. The birth rate in the various national groups -- 5. The influences of the marital institution on the birth rate -- 6. Fecundity in relation to the initial childbearing age -- 7. The influence of an urban or rural environment on the birth rate -- 8. The birth rate in large towns -- 9. Male fertility in relation to economic activity and professional status -- 10. Summary and conclusions. Subjects; Fertility. Social history. Social Conditions. Fertility, Human. Ashanti (African people) Population. Culture. Fertility, Human Developing countries.

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