Editors:
- Studies in this volume illustrate the different ways in which kinship affects demographic behavior
- A number of historical data sets from different cultural settings are used to analyze demographic processes
- Compares the influence of social factors with family factors on demographic behavior
Part of the book series: International Studies in Population (ISIP, volume 7)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Family and Kin as Immediate Providers of Well-being for Its Members
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The Importance of Family and Kin over the Life Course
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Kinship as a Marker of Genetic Proximity
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Centre for Economic Demography and Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden
Tommy Bengtsson
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Department of Oncological Sciences and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, USA
Geraldine P. Mineau
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Kinship and Demographic Behavior in the Past
Editors: Tommy Bengtsson, Geraldine P. Mineau
Series Title: International Studies in Population
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6733-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6732-7Published: 01 April 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2374-2Published: 25 February 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6733-4Published: 02 February 2008
Series ISSN: 1871-0395
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0459
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 284
Topics: Demography, Anthropology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Social Sciences, general, Human Genetics, Regional and Cultural Studies