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Demographic Transition in Europe - Mortality Decline and Population Growth

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This lecture examines Europe's demographic transition and mortality decline, linking disease, sanitation, medicine, scientific change, and public health improvements to population growth. It concludes with Malthus's concern that population could outpace food supply.

Syllabus

- Chapter 1. Introduction: Stories about Bride Price
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- Chapter 2. Review of Previous Session: Early Europe
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- Chapter 3. Population Factors: Personal Cleanliness, Infanticide
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- Chapter 4. Historic Misery, Disease, and Medicine
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- Chapter 5. Further Aspects of 'Pre-Scientific' Life
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- Chapter 6. Demographic Transition
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- Chapter 7. Malthus
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