The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c3.157

c3.157

The aim of the *Sociology of Population* is, according to *Man* (Royal Anthropological Institute, London), in the words of Prof. Fleure, “to show that whether we consider growth of population, or distribution, or standard of living, India is not unique but has an assemblage of problems which are also illustrated in other areas. It is a book which will give those who are interested in Indian and especially Bengalese life a certain amount of insight into the thought of Indian intellectuals. The declines in the growth-curve of population, in birth rates and mortality rates are clearly indicated ; but whereas the West Europe birth-rate began to decline soon after 1880 that of India remained very high until 1910.”