9780801868108 - Strength in Numbers: Population, Reproduction, and Power in Eighteenth-Century France von Blum, Carol (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Examines 18th century French social values and sexual ethics through issues like celibacy, fertility, divorce, and polygamy. Also examines the works of Montesquieu, Diderot, and others on subjects such as 'populationism.' Signed and inscribed in blue ink on the 1/2 title page, dated 2002. 261 pages, index. Pencil marginalia, ends & corners bumped. Blum is known for her scholarly works applying social issues such as gender relations to French history. Hardcover, maroon cloth boards. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author.

Zustand: New. In the 18th century, France became convinced it was losing its population (when actually it was merely failing to gain population as rapidly as Britain or Germany). This work shows how intellectuals used "natalism" as a means of criticizing the Church and monarchy in their pursuit of social change. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX; JHBD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524. . 2002. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like new. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like new.

1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiii + 261, illus with figures (no inscriptions).

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780801868108.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780801868108.

Zustand: as new. Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 280 pp. English text. Condition as new. - In the eighteenth century France became convinced it was losing population. While not technically true (France was merely failing to gain population as rapidly as Great Britain and the German states), the public's belief in a national fertility crisis had far-reaching consequences. In Strength in Numbers: Population, Reproduction, and Power in Eighteenth-Century France, Carol Blum shows how intellectuals used "natalism" as a means of criticizing the monarchy and the Church in their pursuit of social change. In addition to the arguments over celibacy, divorce, and polygamy, other, more radical, proposals were put forward to free potentially fruitful male desire from the tedious ties of European matrimony. The question of whether sexual violence was a crime or rather an imperative of nature was passionately debated, as was the abolition of the incest taboo. Descriptions of exotic locales where uninhibited natives were alleged to copulate freely and procreate abundantly became a popular literary genre of erotic fantasy, made respectable by a framework of natalist discourse. The wish to reject the Church's moral guidance and return to the "laws of nature" led philosophers such as Diderot and Voltaire to question the institution of marriage itself. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780801868108. Keywords : HISTORY,

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. BLUM (C.). Strength in Numbers. Population, Reproduction, and Power in Eighteenth-Century France. Baltimore - London, 2002, in-8°, cart.pl. toile édit. ss. jaq. ill.