Strength in Numbers: Population, Reproduction and Power in Eighteenth-Century France. by Carol Blum - 2002

Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Hardcover, maroon cloth boards. Good/No Jacket. Examines 18th century French social values and sexual ethics through issues like celibacy, fertility, divorce, and polygamy. Also examines the works of Montesquieu, Diderot, and others on subjects such as 'populationism.' Signed and inscribed in blue ink on the 1/2 title page, dated 2002. 261 pages, index. Pencil marginalia, ends & corners bumped. Blum is known for her scholarly works applying social issues such as gender relations to French history.