Population, reproduction and fertility in Melanesia / edited by Stanley J. Ulijaszek.
Population, reproduction and fertility in Melanesia / edited by Stanley J. Ulijaszek.
Population, reproduction and fertility in Melanesia / edited by Stanley J. Ulijaszek.
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Publisher
New York : Berghahn Books, c2006.
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304.60995/4
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
Fertility and the depopulation of Melanesia: childlessness, abortion and introduced disease in Simbo and Ontong Java, Soloman Islands / Tim Bayliss-Smith -- The impacts of colonialism on health and fertility: western new Britain 1884-1940 / C. Gosden -- Purari population decline and resurgence acros...
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Publisher
New York : Berghahn Books, c2006.
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2006.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This volume explores relationships between human fertility and reproduction, subsistence systems, the symbolic use of ideas of fertility and reproduction in linking landscape to individuals and populations, in Melanesian societies, past and present. It thus offers an important contribution to our understanding of the implications of social and eco...
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Full title
Population, reproduction and fertility in Melanesia / edited by Stanley J. Ulijaszek.
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Notes
General note
Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 8.
Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 8.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c2006.
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Call Numbers
304.60995/4
Record Identifier
74VKMKoOeb2Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKMKoOeb2Z
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ISBN
1571816445 (hbk.)
9781571816443 (hbk.)
DDC
304.60995
MMS ID
991021172109702626
