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1 online resource (432 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PART I: GENERAL; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 POPULATION, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY; The new economic history; The regional framework of research; The problem of periodization; Some problems of measurement; Defects in source material; The ecology of population change; Marriage and population growth; Fertility of marriage; Mortality; Mortality: famine and epidemics; Population, industry and agriculture; The labour force and the domestic consumer; Conclusion; 3 TOWARDS A HISTORY OF POPULATION |
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Demographic history as an instrument of history and of demographyNineteenth-century history and the explanation of contemporary demographic phenomena; The usefulness of the demographic history of an earlier period; 4 THE VITAL REVOLUTION RECONSIDERED; 5 BIRTHS AND DEATHS AMONG EUROPE'S RULING FAMILIES SINCE 1500; Marriage and Birth; Mortality: the perinatal period; Infant mortality; Children Aged 1-14 Years; Adolescence and early maturity; Late maturity; Old Age; Summary; 6 EUROPEAN MARRIAGE PATTERNS IN PERSPECTIVE; The uniqueness of the European pattern; The eighteenth century |
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The aristocracyThe Middle Ages; The Ancient World; Non-statistical evidence; The age-sex composition of the population; Conclusion; Appendix: the evidence from data on marital status in the eighteenth century; PART II: GREAT BRITAIN; 7 THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF MODERN BRITAIN; 8 TWO PAPERS ON GREGORY KING; Introductory Note; Gregory King and the population of England and Wales at the end of the seventeenth century; Gregory King's estimate of the population of England and Wales, 1695; Appendix: Note on the number of houses in England and Wales 1690 |
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9 POPULATION AND POPULATION MOVEMENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1700 TO 185010 THE POPULATION PROBLEM DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A NOTE ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY; 11 ENGLISH POPULATION IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 12 MEDICAL EVIDENCE RELATED TO ENGLISH POPULATION CHANGES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; Effectiveness of medical measures during the eighteenth century; Relative influence of the birth rate and death rate on population according to the levels of the two rates; The birth rate; The death rate; Possible cases of a reduction of mortality |
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13 THREE ESSAYS ON THE POPULATION AND ECONOMY OF THE MIDLANDSEnclosure and labour supply in the Industrial Revolution; The course of population change; Population changes in a provincial town: Nottingham 1700-1800; 14 A DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE BRITISH DUCAL FAMILIES; Introduction; System of classification of information; Mortality; Nuptiality; Fertility; Further topics; Summary; 15 THE CHANGING ADEQUACY OF ENGLISH REGISTRATION, 1690-1837; 16 A SURVEY OF POPULATION IN AN AREA OF WORCESTERSHIRE FROM 1660 TO 1850 ON THE BASIS OF PARISH REGISTERS; Choice of Parishes; The registers |
| Notes |
The defects of the registers and the methods of allowing for them |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Population.
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Population
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Eversley, D. E. C
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| ISBN |
9781351497862 |
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1351497863 |
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