Conceiving the old regime: pronatalism and the politics of reproduction in early modern France

The French obsession with population has roots in the Old Regime, when the nascent French state used its growing power to convince French men and women to marry and procreate large families. Drawing on extensive archival research, Tuttle explores the interactions of men, women, and officials all vying for control of the reproductive process. INDICE: Introduction; 1.: The Politics of Fertility in Seventeenth Century France; 2.: Making Pronatalist Law; 3.: Gendering Reproduction; 4.: Domesticating New France; 5.: Implementing Pronatalist Policy; 6.: Inside the Famille Nombreuse; 7.: Depopulation and the Revival of Pronatalism in the EighteenthCentury; Conclusion; Appendix: Provisions of the 1666 Pronatalist Edict; Notes; Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-538160-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 258
• Fecha Publicación: 15/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés