53:30591 Andorka,
Rudolf; Balazs-Kovacs, Sandor. The social demography of
Hungarian villages in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (with
special attention to Sarpilis, 1792-1804). Journal of Family
History, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1986. 169-92 pp. Greenwich,
Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"Nine family reconstitution
studies of Hungarian villages in the late eighteenth and early
nineteenth centuries indicate the appearance of fertility control
linked to low age at first marriage. Studies of household structure
suggest considerable variance and a higher percentage of complex
households than existed in northwestern Europe, as well as the growth
of this percentage. These results are scrutinized in detail in the
sources of the southern Transdanubian village of Sarpilis, where there
was a clear tendency of households to become complicated and for birth
control to appear in relatively poorer complex households. It is
hypothesized that both growing household complexity and birth control
were responses to the growing scarcity of arable land."
Author's
address: Department of Sociology, University of Economics, Budapest,
Hungary.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30592 Cordell,
Dennis D.; Gregory, Joel W. African population and
capitalism: historical perspectives. African Modernization and
Development, ISBN 0-8133-7408-1. LC 85-26181. 1987. 302 pp. Westview
Press: Boulder, Colorado/London, England. In Eng.
This book is a
collection of 16 studies, which examine aspects of the impact of
European colonization on the demography of sub-Saharan Africa. "The
contributors not only examine the effects of slavery, colonialism, and
capitalism on these societies, but also the mark the resistance and
resilience of many African institutions and individuals. As they
outline the past and present diversity of African population dynamics,
the contributors illuminate the ongoing process of economic and
political change. Changes in settlement patterns, labor migration, and
marriage and household structure, as well as the impact of health on
fertility and mortality rates, form the major demographic themes of
this volume. The case studies cover twenty African societies
representing each of the major regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The
population issues emerge not as external or internal variables, but as
part of a dynamic system that the editors characterize as a demographic
regime."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30593 Cornell, L.
L.; Hayami, Akira. The Shumon Aratame Cho: Japan's
population registers. Journal of Family History, Vol. 11, No. 4,
1986. 311-28 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"Local population registers were compiled in Japan from about 1670
on and continued for the next two centuries. Established as part of an
effort to exterminate Christianity, these 'registers of religious
investigation' (shumon aratame cho) list the name, age, and
relationship to head of household for individuals in villages and towns
throughout Japan. This article describes their origin, the type and
quality of information they contain, their uses for demographic and
social structural analysis, and their availability to
scholars."
Author's address: International Population Program,
Department of Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
14853.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30594 Galloway,
Patrick R. Differentials in demographic responses to
annual price variations in pre-revolutionary France: a comparison of
rich and poor areas in Rouen, 1681 to 1787. European Journal of
Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 2, No. 3-4, May 1987.
269-305 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"An
examination of the annual responses of vital events to variations in
wheat prices among groups of parishes in the city of Rouen from 1681 to
1787 reveals significant differences between rich and poor parishes in
the strength of the preventive check. The urban poor respond to a
price increase by dramatically decreasing fertility, while the
fertility of the urban wealthy is virtually unaffected. An increase in
prices is associated with relatively large increases in mortality,
suggesting a strong positive check. However, little difference can be
found between the rich and poor areas in the magnitude or timing of
mortality responses to price variations."
Author's address:
Graduate Group in Demography, Program in Population Research,
University of California, 2234 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA
94720.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30595 Jette,
Rene. Genealogical dictionary of Quebec families.
[Dictionnaire genealogique des familles du Quebec.] ISBN 2-7606-0645-5.
1983. xxviii, 1,176 pp. Presses de l'Universite de Montreal: Montreal,
Canada. In Fre.
This genealogical dictionary attempts to
reconstruct the history of the families that settled in Quebec
province, Canada, from the first arrival of the French at the beginning
of the seventeenth century up to 1730. It is based on records of
baptism, marriage, and burial in the parish registers kept by the
Catholic Church.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
53:30596 Lamur,
Humphrey E. The production of sugar and the reproduction
of slaves at Vossenburg, Suriname, 1705-1863. Caribbean Culture
Studies, No. 1, ISBN 90-70313-19-7. 1987. 164 pp. Amsterdam Centre for
Caribbean Studies: Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
This study is
concerned with the demography and profitability of sugar production in
the Dutch-speaking Caribbean in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. It is based on data for Vossenburg and Wayampibo, two sugar
plantations in Suriname. The author examines whether the slave
population reproduced itself over the period 1705-1863 and whether the
estates were profitable. The results show that the slave population
did not quite reproduce itself over this period.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30597 Lawton,
R. Peopling the past. Institute of British
Geographers: Transactions, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1987. 259-83 pp. London,
England. In Eng.
The author discusses the importance of studying
past populations in order to more fully understand the present. The
focus is on regional patterns of population growth and internal
migration and their impact on urban social structure in
nineteenth-century Great Britain. Aspects considered include patterns
of movement, occupation and mobility, the labor and housing markets,
dimensions of community, residential mobility, individual experience,
and education and social change.
Author's address: Department of
Geography, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX,
England.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
53:30598 Lee, Maw
Lin; Loschky, David. Malthusian population
oscillations. Economic Journal, Vol. 97, No. 387, Sep 1987. 727-39
pp. New York, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
The authors first
note that Malthus saw the interactions between economic and demographic
factors as a dynamic process, whereby population growth rates
fluctuated as real wages oscillated around a society's subsistence
income. This process is tested using data collected by Wrigley and
Schofield from English parish registers from the mid-sixteenth century
onward. The results support the validity of the Malthusian concept
under examination.
Author's address: University of Missouri,
Columbia, MO 65211.
Location: Princeton University Library
(PF).
53:30599 Nusteling,
Hubert. Welfare and work opportunity in Amsterdam,
1540-1860: a report on demography, the economy, and social politics in
a world city. [Welvaart en werkgelegenheid in Amsterdam,
1540-1860: een relaas over demografie, economie en sociale politiek
van een wereldstad.] ISBN 90-6707-082-3. LC 86-140171. 1985. 275 pp.
Bataafsche Leeuw: Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Dut.
The relationship
among demographic, economic, and social factors in Amsterdam over the
period 1540-1860 is examined. The available data sources are reviewed,
and the methods used to reconstruct population trends are explained.
Consideration is given to both natural increase and
migration.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
53:30600 Schapiro,
Morton O. A general dynamic model of 19th century U.S.
population change. Economic Modelling, Vol. 2, No. 4, Oct 1985.
347-56 pp. Guildford, England. In Eng.
"The pattern of rural
population growth in 23 northern states during the period 1790 to 1900
is examined using a general dynamic approach. The relationship between
fertility, migration and population growth is analysed within a single
settlement model and a control solution is produced which demonstrates
that fertility and migration behaviour reacted to changes in land
availability, eventually leading to population stability in rural
areas."
Author's address: Department of Economics, Williams
College, Williamstown, MA 01267.
Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
53:30601 Tolnay,
Stewart E. Family economy and the black American fertility
transition. Journal of Family History, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1986.
267-83 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
The
relationship between place of residence and the economic roles of black
children and married women in the United States around 1900 is
explored. "Black children were much less likely to report a gainful
occupation in cities than in the countryside. And, within rural areas,
farm children were somewhat more likely to work, and began working at a
younger age, than their nonfarm counterparts. On the other hand, urban
children were more likely to attend school, and did so for more months
during the year. While black women in all settings reported relatively
high levels of gainful employment, urban and rural nonfarm residents
were far more likely to work outside the home. It is suggested that
this residential variation in women's and children's roles can help
explain corresponding residential differences in fertility levels, and
the timing of fertility transition."
Author's address: Department
of Sociology, University of Georgia, Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA
30602.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30602 Woods, R.
I. Approaches to the fertility transition in Victorian
England. Population Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2, Jul 1987. 283-311 pp.
London, England. In Eng.
Various alternative approaches to the
analysis of the fertility decline that occurred in England and Wales in
the late nineteenth and early twentieth century are introduced. These
include transition models, social diffusion, and ecological and time
series analysis. "A time-series analysis attempts to establish the
sequential nature of social, economic and demographic changes during
the sixty years preceding the First World War. The following points
are emphasised in conclusion. The Victorian fertility transition was
not directly related to the development of an urban-industrial society,
the social diffusion of family ideals or the use of appliance methods
of contraception. But its immediate cause was probably linked to the
substantial increase in family planning literature available from the
1870s, and the challenge that this posed to the tradition of unlimited
marital fertility. This critical change in social attitudes to family
planning was facilitated both by developments in mass education and,
ultimately by the decline of infant mortality."
Author's address:
Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN,
England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30603 Bouchard,
Gerard; Roy, Raymond; Casgrain, Bernard. From micro- to
macro-reconstitution of families: the SOREP system. [De la micro
a la macro-reconstitution des familles: le systeme SOREP.] Genus, Vol.
42, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1986. 33-54 pp. Rome, Italy. In Fre. with sum. in
Eng; Ita.
"This article outlines a new system for computerized
family reconstitution. It has been developed in the last ten years by
a multidisciplinary team of Quebec researchers belonging to the
inter-university research center on populations (SOREP). Basically,
this system is characterized by: a) an attempt to computerize as much
as possible every step involved in the process of reconstitution, b) a
set of tools devised for identifying and measuring all forms and
degrees of similarity between names and surnames, c) a technique to
process cases of ambiguous links, d) a set of programs used to assess
the quality of the data and the strength of the links created, [and] e)
an attempt to maximize the performance of the linkage work in terms of
both efficiency and accuracy. The system has been designed to support
several kinds of analyses, from social history and demography to
population genetics. Our paper contains a brief overview of the
current state of research in the field of record linkage, an
introduction to the Saguenay [Canada] population register and a
description of the system itself which has been utilized successfully
in the last year on the 660,000 Saguenay parish records, covering the
period 1842-1971."
Author's address: SOREP, Universite du Quebec a
Chicoutimi, Quebec G7H 2B1, Canada.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30604 Marcilio,
Maria L. The population of colonial Brazil. In:
Cambridge History of Latin America, Volume II: Colonial Latin America,
edited by Leslie Bethell. 1984. 37-63 pp. Cambridge University Press:
New York, New York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
The demographic
history of Brazil over the course of the colonial period is reviewed.
The lack of data for the earlier period is first noted, and the
beginnings of demographic data collection in the eighteenth century are
described. Consideration is given to the decline of the Indian
population, the growth of the white colonizing population, the African
slave trade and the mixing of the races.
Location:
Princeton University Library (DR).
53:30605 Pelissier,
Jean-Pierre. Demography, genealogy, micro-processing.
[Demographie, genealogie, micro-informatique.] 2nd ed. ISBN
2-86496-020-0. 1987. 205, [133] pp. Editions Christian: Paris, France;
Societe de Demographie Historique: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is
the second edition of a work originally published in 1983. It presents
computer programs written in Apple BASIC for handling genealogical data
on microcomputers. These programs are designed to enable the
genealogist to create files of family reconstitution data in standard
format. The programs combine the advantages of automatic data
processing with the capacity for the researchers to intervene in cases
where questions arise concerning the data. The book consists of a
description of the programs and copies of the 30 programs involved.
The focus is on the data available for France.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30606 Perez
Brignoli, Hector. New perspectives in historical
demography in Latin America. [Nuevas perspectivas de la demografia
historica en America Latina.] Latin American Population History
Newsletter, No. 12, Fall 1986. 7-14 pp. Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Spa.
The author outlines developments in the field of historical
demography in Latin America. Methodological and theoretical aspects
are evaluated, with a focus on the study of aggregate vital series and
in-depth analysis of census data. The importance of integrating
demographic analysis with social and economic history is
emphasized.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
