Agency of Change: Fertility and Seasonal Migration in a Nineteenth Century Alpine Community;Les agents du changement: Fécondité et migration saisonnière dans une communauté des Alpes au 19e siècle

European Journal of Population

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-485

  Quaranta, Luciana ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility control; Historical fertility; Italian Alps; Seasonal migration

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FERTILITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MALTHUSIAN THEORY; MIGRATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VILLAGE;

ITALY;

EID: 80355144560     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-011-9241-2     Document Type: Article

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