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- catalog abstract ""In the eighteenth century France became convinced it was losing population. While not technically true (France was merely failing to gain population as rapidly as Great Britain and the German states), the public's belief in a national fertility crisis had far-reaching consequences. In Strength in Numbers: Population, Reproduction, and Power in Eighteenth-Century France, Carol Blum shows how intellectuals used "natalism" as a means of criticizing the monarchy and the Catholic Church in their pursuit of social change."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12458266.
- catalog coverage "France Population policy History 18th century.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""In the eighteenth century France became convinced it was losing population. While not technically true (France was merely failing to gain population as rapidly as Great Britain and the German states), the public's belief in a national fertility crisis had far-reaching consequences. In Strength in Numbers: Population, Reproduction, and Power in Eighteenth-Century France, Carol Blum shows how intellectuals used "natalism" as a means of criticizing the monarchy and the Catholic Church in their pursuit of social change."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-250) and index.".
- catalog description "The Value of Kings -- Montesquieu and the "Depopulation Letters" -- Celibacy: From the Grace of God to the Scourge of the Nation -- Divorce, the Demographic Spur -- Polygamy: Fertility and the Lost Right of Man -- Rousseau and the Paradoxes of Reproduction -- Population Politics in Revolution.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 261 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Strength in numbers.".
- catalog identifier "0801868106 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Strength in numbers.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Strength in numbers.".
- catalog spatial "France Population policy History 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "304.6/2/094409033 21".
- catalog subject "HB3593 .B58 2002".
- catalog subject "Human reproduction Moral and ethical aspects France History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Sexual ethics France History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Social values France History 18th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Value of Kings -- Montesquieu and the "Depopulation Letters" -- Celibacy: From the Grace of God to the Scourge of the Nation -- Divorce, the Demographic Spur -- Polygamy: Fertility and the Lost Right of Man -- Rousseau and the Paradoxes of Reproduction -- Population Politics in Revolution.".
- catalog title "Strength in numbers : population, reproduction, and power in eighteenth-century France / Carol Blum.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".