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The first demographic transition changed the face of the western world as thoroughly as did the Industrial Revolution. As couples began to have fewer children, women were released from the heavy burden of endless pregnancies and extended periods of child care. Even though this profound process of change has been extensively researched, women were rarely pictured as decision-makers concerning fertility and family. Moreover, men and women were mostly not perceived as having potentially differing interests in sexuality and child-bearing. This volume contains papers delivered at the conference Were Women Present at the Demographic Transition? which was held at the Radboud University Nijmegen, 20-21 May 2005. The contributions throw light on the active role women played in the fertility decline as well as on the complex process of decision-making between husbands and wives.

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-Dieser ausgezeichnete Band zeigt, wie methodisch ausgefeilt und interdisziplinar angelegt Studien aus dem Bereich der historischen Demographie mittlerweile sind. Entsprechend werden zahlreiche originelle Ergebnisse prasentiert. [...] Der Band zeigt insgesamt, wie fruchtbar der Gender-Ansatz fur die Untersuchung des Ruckgangs der Fertilitat und damit fur den Wandel der Familie und der Gesellschaft sein kann.- (Jorg Vogele, Vierteljahrschrift fur Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte)

Dieser ausgezeichnete Band zeigt, wie methodisch ausgefeilt und interdisziplin r angelegt Studien aus dem Bereich der historischen Demographie mittlerweile sind. Entsprechend werden zahlreiche originelle Ergebnisse pr sentiert. [...] Der Band zeigt insgesamt, wie fruchtbar der Gender-Ansatz f r die Untersuchung des R ckgangs der Fertilit t und damit f r den Wandel der Familie und der Gesellschaft sein kann. (J rg V gele, Vierteljahrschrift f r Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte)

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The Editor: Angélique Janssens, born in the Netherlands in 1955, is currently associate professor of history at the Radboud University Nijmegen. Her publications include a large number of articles, a book and several volumes on women's history, the history of the family and other issues from the field of social and economic history.

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