Title Death and the metropolis : studies in the demographic history of London, 1670-1830 / John Landers

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Description xxiii, 408 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 20 Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 20 Contents Machine derived contents note: Part I. Eighteenth-Century London and its Vital Regime: 1. Mortality theory and historical epidemiology -- 2. Aspects of metropolitan economic and social life -- 3. The 'high potential' model: a preliminary test -- Part II. The Level of Mortality: 4. Mortality among London Quakers -- 5. Mortality levels among the general population -- Part III. Dimensions of London's Epidemiological Regime: 6. The seasonality of mortality -- 7. The instability of mortality -- 8. Spatial variations in mortality -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendices Analysis London (England) Mortality rate History London (England) Mortality rate History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-402) and index Subject Family reconstitution -- England -- London -- History. Mortality -- England -- London -- History. SUBJECT London (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665 -- Population http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006969 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 LC no. 92010887 ISBN 0521355990 (hardback)

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