Population Pressure and Cultural Adjustment

200 Pages·1979·6.294 MB·English

by  Virginia Abernethy

POPULATION PRESSURE AND
CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT

POPULATION PRESSURE AND
CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
Virginia Abernethy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Anthropology), School
of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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Abernethy, Virginia.
Population pressure and cultural adjustment.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Demographic anthropology. 2. Fertility, Human.
I. Title.
GN33.5.A2 301.32 78-11676
ISBN 0-87705-329-4
In memory of
George L. Abemethy, M.D.,
who provided encouragement and incentive
and
to my children,
Hugh, Jack, Helen, and Diana,
who generously assumed that they
would like and approve this effort
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