A Century of Portuguese Fertility (Office of Population Research) - Hardcover

Livi Bacci, Massimo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691647348 ISBN 13: 9780691647340

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book treats aspects of the social and demographic history of Portugal in the last century, giving particular attention to the transition from a situation of very high fertility to the moderate pattern prevailing in recent times.

Originally published in 1971.

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About the Author

Massimo Livi-Bacci is Professor of Demography at the University of Florence. He has been President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. He has published extensively on contemporary demography as well as on the history of population, and has taught or held fellowships at universities all over the world, including the College de France, the Colegio de Mexico, Princeton University of California at Berkeley, and Brown University, Providence, RI. His books include "Population and Nutrition" (1991), "The Population of Europe. A History" (1999), and "Conquista. The Destruction of American Indios" (in Italian; 2005).

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0691647348
• ISBN 13: 9780691647340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 162