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Preface. -- Introduction. -- Part I: Issues of early transition: 2. Pretransitional population control and equilibrium. 3. Was there a Neolithic mortality crisis?. 4. Population intensification theory. 5. On net intergenerational wealth flows: an update. 6. Fertility control in the classical world: was there an ancient fertility transition?. 7. Family size control by infanticide in the great agrarian societies of Asia. -- Part II: The modern transition: 8. Transmuting the industrial revolution into mortality decline. 9. The delayed Western fertility decline: an examination of English-speaking countries. 10. Regional paths to fertility transition. 11. The globalization of fertility behavior. 12. Social upheaval and fertility decline. 13. Demographic theory: a long view. 14. Policy responses to low fertility and its consequences: a global survey. 15. Explanations of the fertility crisis in modern societies: a search for commonalities. 16. Back to the future: the great mortality crises. -- Index

The demographic transition is the change in the human condition from high mortality and high fertility to low mortality and low fertility. This book addresses the situation among hunters and gatherers, traditional farmers and classical civilizations, and examines the modern transition.