Fertility and Household Labour in Tanzania: Demography, Economy, and Society in Rufiji District, c. 1870-1986 [Hardcover]

Matthew Lockwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 4, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0198287542 | ISBN-13: 978-0198287544

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.

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Review

This empirically grounded study provides valuable insight into village-level demographics in an East African community and a highly logical critique of conventional demographic theory ... a valuable addition to the contemporary literature on Tanzania and to theories of the peasant household. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

About the Author

Matthew Lockwood is at University of Sussex.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (June 4, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198287542
• ISBN-13: 978-0198287544
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,625,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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