| Fertility and Household Labour in Tanzania: Demography, Economy, and Society in Rufiji District, C. 1870-1986 Contributor(s): Lockwood, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198287542 ISBN-13: 9780198287544 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $48.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: Combining demography, history, and sociology, this book offers a new methodology for the study of African fertility and a new definition of the role of household demography in agrarian economies. It provides a useful perspective on the ways in which human reproduction both reflects upon and reacts with the reproduction trends of society and economy in coastal Tanzania. Part I asserts a political economy of changing fertility; Part II studies the implications of demographic patterns for people's work-loads and economic fortunes at the individual and household levels. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Demography - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 304.632 |
| LCCN: 97039099 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.3" W x 9.24" (1.16 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Combining demography, history, and sociology, this book offers a new methodology for the study of African fertility and a new definition of the role of household demography in agrarian economies. It provides a useful perspective on the ways in which human reproduction both reflects upon and reacts with the reproduction trends of society and economy in coastal Tanzania. Part I asserts a political economy of changing fertility; Part II studies the implications of demographic patterns for people's work-loads and economic fortunes at the individual and household levels. |
