Population decline

[salamandraugr]

Setting: Secondary world technologically equivalent to the early 19th century.
Search terms: no new births, declining birth rate, sub-replacement fertility, historical pregnancy per capita, historical birth rate

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[houseboatonstyx]

Dunno how deep you want to go for background, but if you're interested in public reaction in Britain to this event, Malthus was writing about related issues in early 19th Century.

These are links at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus

An Essay on the Principle of Population

1798: An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it affects the future improvement of society with remarks on the speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and other writers.. Anonymously published.

1803: Second and much enlarged edition: An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an enquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions. Authorship acknowledged.
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8 Other works
8.1 1800: The present high price of provisions
8.2 1814: Observations on the effects of the Corn Laws
8.3 1820: Principles of political economy

For names people might be dropping at that time, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus#Malthus.E2.80.93Ricardo_debate_on_political_economy
[ In an earlier debate ] Malthus had a supporter in William Blake, in denying that capital accumulation (saving) was always good in such circumstances, and John Stuart Mill attacked Blake on the fringes of the debate.[26]

[salamandraugr]

Thanks. I'll take a look at the text.