53:20584 Alldridge,
Nick. The population profile of an early modern town:
Chester 1547-1728. Annales de Demographie Historique, 1986. 115-31
pp. Paris, France. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"In this article it is
argued that parish rate books, a source hitherto relatively neglected
by English demographers, offer valuable data on real urban population
movements for which parish registers, with their emphasis on natural
population movements and their consequent inability to quantify the
effects of migration, are ill adapted. The first part outlines a
method of exploiting parish rate books so as to overcome the problem of
their partial survival and to provide automatic cross-checking of
population estimates. Reliable figures are deduced for the population
of Chester [England] at thirty-five dates between 1547 and 1728. In
the second part, rates of real or observed population change are
compared to those for natural increase and decrease derived from the
registers in order to calculate secular rates of in- and out-migration
and to identify the mechanisms regulating short-term population
movement."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20585 Amorim,
Maria N. Trends in population and marital fertility in an
Azorean parish (1700-1980). [Evolucao da populacao e fecundidade
legitima numa paroquia acoriana (1700-1980).] Boletin de la Asociacion
de Demografia Historica, Vol. 5, No. 1, Mar 1987. 4-28 pp. Madrid,
Spain. In Por.
The demographic history of the parish of Sao Joao on
the island of Pico in the Azores is analyzed using family
reconstitution methods. The analysis indicates that this community was
forced to move several times because of volcanic eruptions and that its
isolated state fostered endogamy and out-migration. Topics covered
include family type, fertility, migration, age distribution, age at
marriage, and marital status.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:20586 Bardet,
Jean-Pierre; Charbonneau, Hubert. Cultures and settings in
France and in New France: a comparison of demographic trends.
[Cultures et milieux en France et en Nouvelle-France: la
differenciation des comportements demographiques.] Collection de Tires
a Part, No. 212, [1986?]. [14] pp. Universite de Montreal, Departement
de Demographie: Montreal, Canada. In Fre.
The authors compare
demographic trends in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France with
those involving French settlers in Canada. Data from published sources
are used to examine migration, nuptiality, fertility, and
mortality.
This article is reprinted from "Evolution et Eclatement
du Monde Rural. Structures, Fonctionnement et Evolution Differentielle
des Societes Rurales Francaises et Quebecoises, XVIIe-XXe Siecles",
edited by Joseph Goy and Jean-Pierre Wallot, pp. 75-88, Paris, France,
and Montreal, Canada, Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales and Presses de l'Universite de Montreal,
1986.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20587 Biraben,
Jean-Noel; Bonneuil, Noel. Population and the economy in
the Caux area during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
[Population et economie en pays de Caux aux XVIe et XVIIe siecles.]
Population, Vol. 41, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1986. 937-60 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The author reconstructs the demographic
and economic history of the Caux region, Seine-Maritime, France, during
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries using baptism, marriage, and
funeral records for selected parishes. "A methodical reconstitution of
the population of these parishes has been attempted, allowing for
considerable underrecording of deaths. The age pyramids for the period
between 1588 and 1700 are extremely irregular; however, they correspond
quite well to the records of marriages, independently of the method of
reconstitution employed."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
53:20588 Cassedy,
James H. Medicine and American growth, 1800-1860.
Wisconsin Publications in the History of Science and Medicine, No. 5,
ISBN 0-299-10900-3. LC 86-40047. 1986. xvii, 298 pp. University of
Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
The role that U.S.
physicians played in the study of demography in the nineteenth century
is reviewed. The author notes that physicians were not only perceptive
observers of the general effects of demographic change on their
communities, but were also analysts of its influence on medicine and
public health and were responsible for the establishment and working of
mechanisms for collecting and processing demographic data. The work
"also considers the historical expansion of nineteenth-century American
medicine itself as a demographic phenomenon within the framework of
population movement, regional development, disease incidence, and
social change."
Location: Princeton University Library
(FST).
53:20589 Desama,
Claude. Population and the industrial revolution: the
development of demographic structures in Verviers during the first half
of the nineteenth century. [Population et revolution industrielle:
evolution des structures demographiques a Verviers dans la premiere
moitie du 19e siecle.] Bibliotheque de la Faculte de Philosophie et
Lettres de l'Universite de Liege, No. 243, ISBN 2-251-66243-X. 1985.
284, 10 pp. Societe d'Editions Les Belles Lettres: Paris, France. In
Fre.
The relationship between demographic factors and
industrialization is examined using the example of Verviers, an
industrial commune located in Belgium. The data are from nominative
census lists for the period 1806-1846. The emphasis is on the
practicality of developing a computerized method of handling the
available data. Factors considered include immigration, fertility,
nuptiality, mortality, economic activity, and labor force
composition.
Location: New York Public Library.
53:20590 Fliess,
Kenneth H. Fertility, nuptiality, and family limitation
among the Wends of Serbin, Texas, 1854 to 1920. Texas Population
Research Center Papers, Series 9: 1987, No. 9.005, 1987. 19, [16] pp.
University of Texas, Texas Population Research Center: Austin, Texas.
In Eng.
This paper examines fertility and nuptiality patterns for
the Wends, a small Slavic group that migrated to Texas from Germany in
1854. Working from parish books, a ship's log, and family genealogies,
the author employs methods of family reconstitution. "The transition
to lowered fertility is explained in terms of immigrant assimilation.
Two hypotheses commonly used to explain contemporary minority group
assimilation into the dominant culture, the social characteristics and
minority status hypotheses, are used as models."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20591 Gautier,
Arlette. The slave trade and population policies.
[Traite et politiques demographiques esclavagistes.] Population, Vol.
41, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1986. 1,005-24 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum.
in Eng; Spa.
Demographic policies affecting the slave population in
North America and the Caribbean from the seventeenth through the
nineteenth centuries are reviewed. "Population growth among slaves
depended both on the policies of the masters and the reactions of the
slaves. The policies varied considerably between periods, places and
different types of production. While the early French settlers
encouraged reproduction in slave families, the development of sugar
cane cultivation resulted in changing priorities from reproduction to
production, as the price of slaves fell. From the 18th century
onwards, a policy based on a combination of 'humanism and
self-interest' developed, which was influenced by the slavers
themselves. Although reproduction was again encouraged, it was no
longer based on marriage and the family, even after the abolition of
slavery: the target of this policy was in fact the woman herself, not
the couple or the family grouping." Resistance to policies on the part
of slaves and punitive actions taken by the slaveholders are also
considered.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20592 Hecht,
Jacqueline. Johann Peter Sussmilch: a German prophet in
foreign countries. Population Studies, Vol. 41, No. 1, Mar 1987.
31-58 pp. London, England. In Eng.
The life and work of the
eighteenth-century demographer, Johann Peter Sussmilch, are examined.
His role as a pioneer of demographic studies, in both Germany and the
rest of Europe, is described. Consideration is given to his work
concerning the natural order governing vital events, as well as the
relationship between mortality on the one hand and fertility and
nuptiality on the other
Author's address: Institut National
d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, Paris 14,
France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20593 Houdaille,
Jacques. A note on certain parishes in Guatemala in
1813. [Note sur quelques paroisses du Guatemala en 1813.] Annales
de Demographie Historique, 1986. 41-8 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng.
Demographic characteristics of selected parishes in
Guatemala in 1813 are studied. "A sample of ten villages (mostly
Indian) of the 1813 census has been used. The results are compared to
those of the same type of document (nominal lists) for Guatemala City
in 1824. [It is found that] the sex ratio is very low for men 15-24
years old. This is due to a strong emigration of young girls towards
cities. Almost all the Indians under age 50 are married but celibacy
runs high among Spanish and mestizo males (13% above 50). Age at
marriage is a little higher for Spaniards and mestizos. The age
structure shows that young children are underenumerated. However,
fertility when estimated with the ratio-children aged 0-4/women aged
15-49 is higher than that of...18th century
France."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20594 Houdaille,
Jacques; Tugault, Yves. A somewhat Malthusian bourgeoisie
in the New World: nineteenth-century U.S. genealogies. [Une
bourgeoisie peu malthusienne dans un pays neuf: genealogies
americaines du XIXe siecle.] Population, Vol. 42, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1987.
305-20 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
"This is a
demographic study based on genealogies of the descendants of Presidents
of the United States. At the turn of the 19th century, these
descendants married particularly young. American monographs indicate
that this was typical of the population as a whole, and was related to
the abundance of land (which eliminated the problem of succession
within the family). The mortality rate in this privileged group seems
high: it is comparable to that of the general population of France in
the 19th century, but much higher than that of a comparable population
in Great Britain. The fertility rate at the end of the 18th century
was much higher than among European groups of the privileged
classes....However, because of the sharp rise in age at marriage the
two rates converged during the course of the 19th
century."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20595 Long,
Moira; Pickles, May. An enquiry into mortality in some
mid-Wharfedale parishes in 1623. Local Population Studies, No. 37,
Autumn 1986. 19-35 pp. Matlock, England. In Eng.
Data from parish
registers in Wharfedale, in the county of Yorkshire, England, are
analyzed for the years 1613 to 1632. The focus of the study is on
mortality. The authors conclude that the experience of Wharfedale is
different from that of other parishes in the north and west of England,
primarily because of the differences in the density of
population.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20596 Martin
Rodriguez, Manuel. Giovanni Botero and the impression that
the population of Spain was diminishing during the first half of the
seventeenth century. [Giovanni Botero y el sentimiento de
despoblacion en la Espana de la primera mitad del siglo XVII.] Revista
Internacional de Sociologia, Vol. 43, No. 3, Jul-Sep 1985. 411-27 pp.
Madrid, Spain. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
This article is a critical
review of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century works on the demography of
Spain, with particular reference to the work of Giovanni Botero. The
belief of Botero and his contemporaries that the population of Spain
was declining is questioned. The author notes that no reliable
statistical data were available at that time.
Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
53:20597 Palli,
H. Historical demography in the USSR (before 1917).
[La demographie historique en U.R.S.S. (avant 1917).] Annales de
Demographie Historique, 1986. 379-91 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The
author provides an overview of the demographic history of the Soviet
Union up to 1917, describing primary data sources, estimates of past
population size and growth, and various rates for different regions.
Selected literature in the field of Soviet historical demography is
reviewed, and theoretical issues are outlined.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20598 Perrenoud,
Alfred. Whither historical demography? Analysis of the
contents of the International Bibliography of Historical
Demography. [Ou va la demographie historique? Analyse de contenu
de la Bibliographie internationale de la demographie historique.]
Annales de Demographie Historique, 1986. 251-72 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"By means of a content analysis of [the]
'International Bibliography of Historical Demography', this study aims
to record the recent evolution of research in the field of historical
demography, and gives account of its orientations, both in themes
treated and periods [and] regions observed. The analysis deals with
the years 1979-1984 and is organized in a threefold structure: 1)
according to the periods concerned: which shows an outstanding new
predominance of studies on contemporary times. 2) according to [theme]
which seems to reveal a trend towards specialization of the fields of
research....[and] 3) according to geographical areas, which attests the
world-wide expansion of historical demography."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20599 Pounds,
Norman J. G. An historical geography of Europe,
1800-1914. ISBN 0-521-26574-6. LC 84-23054. 1985. xx, 598 pp.
Cambridge University Press: New York, New York/Cambridge, England. In
Eng.
This book is concerned with the changing spatial pattern of
human activity in nineteenth-century Europe. It includes a chapter on
population (pp. 66-118) as well as a chapter on urban development (pp.
119-86). The author notes that this century witnessed a more rapid
growth in population than Europe had previously known. Reasons for the
differences in rates of growth among countries are
explored.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
53:20600 Sangoi,
Jean-Claude. Peasant demography in Bas-Quercy, 1751-1872:
families and social groups. [Demographie paysanne en Bas-Quercy,
1751-1872: familles et groupes sociaux.] ISBN 2-222-03679-8. 1985. 306
pp. Editions du CNRS: Paris, France. In Fre.
This study applies the
methods of family reconstitution to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century
data for 12 neighboring parishes in the Bas-Quercy region of southern
France. Separate consideration is given to nuptiality, illegitimacy,
fertility, mortality, and migration. The spread of birth control in
the region and its causes are discussed.
Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
53:20601 Sogner,
Solvi. A summary of research in historical demography in
Scandinavian countries, 1976-1985. [Bilan de la recherche en
demographie historique dans les pays scandinaves 1976-1985.] Annales de
Demographie Historique, 1986. 275-310 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The author surveys developments in the study of historical
demography in the Scandinavian countries during the last decade.
Attention is given to the major research centers at Scandinavian
universities and the work currently being conducted. General focuses
of the research and prospects for future study are
considered.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20602 Souden,
David. Demographic crisis and Europe in the 1590s.
In: The European crisis of the 1590s: essays in comparative history,
edited by Peter Clark. ISBN 0-04-940074-6. LC 84-12371. 1985. 231-43
pp. George Allen and Unwin: Boston, Massachusetts/London, England. In
Eng.
This chapter, focusing on demographic problems in Europe in
the 1590s, is one in a series of thematic chapters by various authors
in a book dealing with this period of major demographic, economic, and
social difficulty. The focus of this particular chapter is the sharp
increase in mortality evidenced in the 1590s. "Inadequate food
supplies through the failure of harvests, the action of epidemic
disease and the depredations of war, provide the basis for these
mortality surges. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a
framework for comprehending the nature of 'crisis mortality' and its
extent over the Europe of the 1590s."
Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
53:20603 Terrisse,
Michel. Family reconstitution in Scandinavia.
[Reconstitution des familles en Scandinavie.] Annales de Demographie
Historique, 1986. 325-52 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The author
reviews research involving family reconstitution from parish registers
for Scandinavia. Selected studies for parishes in Sweden, Norway, and
Denmark are discussed, and numerous tables concerning mortality and
fertility rates in these populations are
included.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20604 Blum,
Alain. Estimation of local adult mortality based on family
records. [Estimation de la mortalite locale des adultes a partir
des fiches de familles.] Population, Vol. 42, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1987.
39-56 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
Problems
associated with the estimation of adult mortality in historical
demographic studies using data from family records are considered. Two
examples using French eighteenth-century data are used to illustrate
the considerable differences existing among places. The author notes
that it is still possible to construct life tables, providing data
exist on the presence of an individual at a given age in the community
and on the birth of a child. Two different approaches to the
estimation of adult female mortality are suggested; and similar results
are obtained, indicating that local death rates can be estimated with
some degree of accuracy.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
53:20605 Cromm,
Jurgen. The autobiography as a source in population
science. [Die Autobiographie als Quelle der
Bevolkerungswissenschaft.] Zeitschrift fur Bevolkerungswissenschaft,
Vol. 12, No. 4, 1986. 491-501 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic
of. In Ger. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
This article is a consideration
of the value of autobiographical materials as tools for population
research. Types of autobiographical material are first defined and
classified. Excerpts from eighteenth-century to present-day diaries
and narrations of personal history are used to illustrate how these
materials can complement population studies. The focus is on the study
of family relationships and reproduction.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20606 Desjardins,
Bertrand. Some elements of the computer experiment of the
Research Program in Historical Demography. [Quelques elements de
l'experience informatique du Programme de recherche en demographie
historique.] Collection de Tires a Part, No. 204, [1986?]. [19] pp.
Universite de Montreal, Departement de Demographie: Montreal, Canada.
In Fre.
The author discusses selected aspects of a computer project
being conducted by the University of Montreal's Research Program in
Historical Demography. This project consists of compiling a population
register for all individuals living in Quebec, Canada, from its
settlement in the seventeenth century until modern censuses began in
the mid-nineteenth century. Attention is given to experiences with
data analysis methods, record linkage, and the structuring of linkage
results. The advantages and limitations in utilizing a computer in
this sort of project are discussed
This article is reprinted from
"Informatique et Prosopographie", Paris, France, Editions du CNRS,
1985, pp. 159-77.
For a related study, published by Jacques Legare
and Bertrand Desjardins in 1985, see 52:30630.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20607 Guest,
Avery M. Notes from the National Panel Study: linkage and
migration in the late nineteenth century. Historical Methods, Vol.
20, No. 2, Spring 1987. 63-77 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
Some
methodological and substantive issues concerning record linkage in
historical research are explored through an analysis of linkage rates
in the first known national U.S. sample of white males in the
nineteenth century, the National Panel Study developed at the
University of Washington. "In this study, the 1880 and 1900 census
manuscripts were used to link two relatively equal samples of birth
cohorts, aged 5-14 and 25-34 in 1880. Some 39.4 percent of the 10,252
men in the two cohorts were successfully linked by using information on
their personal and household characteristics." The relative influence
of alternative linkage predictors is assessed. The author also
considers the use of these data to investigate migration.
Author's
address: Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle,
WA 98195.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20608 Nusteling,
Hubert P. H. The population of Amsterdam from the late
sixteenth to the early nineteenth century: a method of
reconstitution. [La population d'Amsterdam de la fin du XVIe
siecle au debut du XIXe siecle: une methode de reconstitution.]
Population, Vol. 41, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1986. 961-77 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The author applies a reconstitution
method to the city of Amsterdam for the period 1581-1810 and discusses
its reliability. "His method is based on the assumption that the ratio
between fertile marriages and the number of inhabitants remained
relatively constant. Given changes in age specific fertility rates,
each marriage cohort could be standardized. While these cohorts
differed, it was observed that variations were primarily a result of
three factors: variations in age at marriage, adult mortality rates,
and the proportion of remarriages. Thus, it is necessary to take all
three factors into account simultaneously."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:20609 Piasecki,
Edmund. Factors affecting age structure of skeletal
populations. [Czynniki ksztaltujace strukture wieku populacji
szkieletowych.] Materialy i Prace Antropologiczne, No. 107, 1986.
105-88 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with sum. in Eng.
Problems
concerning the study of the age of a skeletal population are explored.
Five factors are considered including environmental pressures, the
initial age structure of the population, migration, epidemics and other
natural disasters, and fertility. "The analysis has been carried out
by means of the simulation method, using 3 age structures of living
individuals observed several hundred years in the light of various
disturbances, 6 life tables and several fertility rates. Values of
expectancy of life calculated by means of the demographic method and
that used in anthropology are compared." The populations considered
are from Poland.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
53:20610 Poos, L.
R. Life expectancy and "age of first appearance" in
medieval manorial court rolls. Local Population Studies, No. 37,
Autumn 1986. 45-52 pp. Matlock, England. In Eng.
The use of
manorial court records for the study of historical demography in
England is explored. The example of data on life expectancy for
twelfth-century London is considered.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:20611 Terrisse,
Michel. Reflections on Swedish historical demography.
[Reflexions sur la demographie historique suedoise.] Annales de
Demographie Historique, 1986. 311-24 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The
author discusses Swedish censuses and parish registers and the
methodologies associated with them, focusing on their usefulness in
examining Swedish demographic history. Attention is also given to
sources of data that preceded the initiation in 1749 of modern,
statistical data collection.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
