From Malthusian Frontier to demographic steady state: The Concordian birth rate, 1635-1993

Population and Development Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-229

  Berry, Brian J L ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLICAL PATTERN; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY RATE; HISTORICAL STUDY; POPULATION FERTILITY;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, CONCORD;

EID: 0030455457     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137433     Document Type: Article

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