Human Reproductive Decisions: Biological and Social Perspectives

Proceedings of the 1993 Galton Institute conference.

Main contents

1. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human Fertility
R.I.M. Dunbar

2. Breastfeeding and the Baby: Natural Contraception
Alan S. McNeilly 

3. Understanding Natural Variation in Human Ovarian Function
Peter T. Ellison 

4. Nutrition, Physical Workloads and Fertility Regulation
Lyliane Rosetta 

5. For Love or Money: the Evolution of Reproductive and Material Motivations
Alan R. Rogers

6. Fertility and Fitness Among Albuquerque Men: a Competitive Labour Market Theory
Hillard S. Kaplan, Jane B. Lancaster, John A. Bock and Sara E. Johnson

7. Reproductive Decisions Viewed from an Evolutionarily Informed Historical Demography
Eckard Voland

8. English Fertility, 1600-1900: Is an Economic Analysis Tenable?
P.R. Andrew Hinde

9. Stopping, Starting and Spacing: the Regulation of Fertility in Historical Populations
John Landers

10. Obstacles to Fertility Decline in Developing Countries
John Cleland

11. Imperatives to Reproduce: Views from North-west England on Fertility in the Light of Infertility
Jeanette Edwards

12. The Timing of Childbearing in Developed Countries
Máire Ní Bhrolcháin

13. Low Fertility in a Pastoral Population: Constraints or Choice?
Sara Randall

Available from the General Secretary for £10 including postage and packing.  There is a brief summary of each lecture in the December 1993 and March 1994 issues of the Newsletter.