Conceiving the Old Regime

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Conceiving the Old Regime is written by Leslie Tuttle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195381602 (ISBN 10) and 9780195381603 (ISBN 13).

The French obsession with population has roots in the Old Regime, when the nascent French state used its growing power to convince French men and women to marry and procreate large families. Drawing on extensive archival research, Tuttle explores the interactions of men, women, and officials all vying for control of the reproductive process.