Demographic transitions and modernity

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 301-315

  Johnson Hanks, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthrate; Governmentality; Population; Rationality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; MODERNITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 55349111870     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.37.081407.085138     Document Type: Review

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