Affiliation:
1. The authors have conducted ethnographic and social historical
research in western Sicily since 1965 and are broadly concerned with the transformation
of peasantries under capitalism. Jane Schneider teaches in the Ph.D. program
in Anthropology of the City University of New York, Peter Schneider
in the Sociology Program of the Social Science Division, Fordham University
at Lincoln Center, New York
Abstract
Combining archival, ethnographic, vital, and oral historical data, this paper compares the experiences of population growth and demographic transi tion among different social classes of a Sicilian rural town from 1850 to the pres ent. Four locally named groups have dominated this town's social life during most of the period in question—gentry, artisans, landed, and landless peasants. Of particular concern are the contrasting patterns of demographic transition be tween the gentry and artisanry, and a consideration of why, in both cases, fertility decline occurred earlier than among landless peasants. Comparison underscores the theoretical advantage of disaggregating population change in relation to historical context and social class.
Subject
Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Anthropology
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