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The Mortality Transition in Schenectady, New York, 1880–1930

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Robert V. Wells
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Over the past several decades, the demographic transition from high to low levels of both fertility and mortality has received much attention from scholars. Demographers have been interested in whether the change that has occurred in the developed parts of the world will be repeated elsewhere, while historians have used population changes as a means of exploring broader questions in social history. The interest, however, has not been evenly divided, with fertility declines receiving far more attention than improvements in mortality. This is especially true of American history.

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Social Science History , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , Fall 1995 , pp. 399 - 423
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1995 

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