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The Biodemography of Subsistence Farming: Population, Food and Family

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The Biodemography of Subsistence Farming: Population, Food and Family - Wood, James W.
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Viewing the subsistence farm as primarily a 'demographic enterprise' to create and support a family, this book offers an integrated view of the demography and ecology of preindustrial farming. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, it examines how traditional farming practices interact with demographic processes such as childbearing, death, and family formation. It includes topics such as household nutrition, physiological work capacity, health and resistance to infectious diseases, as well as reproductive performance and ...

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The Biodemography of Subsistence Farming: Population, Food and Family 2020, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107033412

Hardcover