Anthropological Approaches to the Heterogeneity of Modern Fertility Declines Kreager, Philip edt Bochow, Astrid edt Bochow, Astrid oth Kreager, Philip oth text xx USA/UK Berghahn Books 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource (358 p.) In the last forty years anthropologists have made major contributions to understanding the heterogeneity of reproductive trends and processes underlying them. Fertility transition, rather than the story of the triumphant spread of Western birth control rationality, reveals a diversity of reproductive means and ends continuing before, during, and after transition. This collection brings together anthropological case studies, placing them in a comparative framework of compositional demography and conjunctural action. The volume addresses major issues of inequality and distribution which shape population and social structures, and in which fertility trends and the formation and size of families are not decided solely or primarily by reproduction. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Sociology and anthropology anthropology Fertility heterogeneity 9781785336058 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34012 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34012 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 210210 20260305123945.0 doab34012