The Power of Large Numbers. Population, Politics, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France.
Joshua Cole
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Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
French government officials have long been known among Europeans for the special attention they give to the state of their population. In the first half of the nineteenth century, as Paris doubled in size and twice suffered the convulsions of popular revolution, civic leaders looked with alarm at what they deemed a dangerous population explosion. After defeat in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, however, the falling birthrate generated widespread fears of cultural and national decline. In response, legislators promoted larger families and the view that a well-regulated family life was essential for France.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801437014
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V9780801437014
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About Joshua Cole
Joshua Cole is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Georgia.
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Cole has produced a work of impressive scholarship. He has synthesized a vast array of material to produce a book that is worth reading by anyone with an interest in the human sciences or French history in the nineteenth century.
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