54:10607 Bean, Lee
L.; Anderton, Douglas L.; Mineau, Geraldine P.; Hsueh,
Yung-chang. The fertility effects of marriage patterns in
a frontier American population. Historical Methods, Vol. 20, No.
4, Fall 1987. 161-71 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This paper
[examines] the marital and fertility experience of women born between
1800 and 1899 who participated in the settlement, colonization, and
development of a region that marked one of the last frontier
settlements in [U.S.] history." The focus is on the effects of
different marriage patterns, particularly polygyny, on fertility. "In
conclusion, cumulative fertility behavior within periods of exposure
was found to be similar across substantial variations in both marital
histories and arrangements."
Correspondence: L. L. Bean,
Department of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:10608 Bouchard,
Gerard; de Pourbaix, Isabelle. Individual and family life
courses in the Saguenay region, Quebec, 1842-1911. Journal of
Family History, Vol. 12, No. 1-3, 1987. 225-42 pp. Greenwich,
Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"Because it embraces such a
long period and wide area, the computerized reconstruction of families
based on a regional population register opens up new perspectives for
research into social reproduction, as well as geographic and social
mobility. The study makes use of the Saguenay population register to
study individual and family life courses over two generations. Focus
is mostly upon the demographic and occupational factors that determine
social conditions and reproduction of families. More specifically,
discussion and findings center upon theoretical and methodological
issues raised by the study of social reproduction and family
inheritance systems; a description of individual and family histories
from a demographic and occupational standpoint; an account of the
strategies that families adopt to establish children as farmers in a
predominantly rural society."
Correspondence: G. Bouchard,
SOREP, Universite du Quebec, 555 Boulevard de l'Universite, Chicoutimi,
Quebec G7H 2B1, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
54:10609 Bussini,
Odoardo. Camerino from the sixteenth to the nineteenth
century: demographic trends and social aspects. [Camerino tra XVI
e XIX secolo: evoluzione demografica e aspetti sociali.] Pubblicazioni
della Facolta de Giurisprudenza della Universita di Camerino, No. 31,
1986. 354 pp. Universita di Camerino, Facolta di Giurisprudenza:
Camerino, Italy. In Ita.
Demographic developments in the town of
Camerino in the Italian province of Marches are analyzed for the period
from the middle of the sixteenth century to 1861. Chapters are
included on population characteristics, fertility, mortality, marriage,
migration, and natural increase. Data are from a variey of local
administrative and religious sources.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:10610 Houdaille,
Jacques. Four villages in the Morvan, 1610-1870.
[Quatre villages du Morvan, 1610-1870.] Population, Vol. 42, No. 4-5,
Jul-Oct 1987. 649-70 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
This study is based on family reconstitution for four villages in
the Morvan region of France with a population of about 6,000. Topics
covered include literacy, fertility, mortality, and social inequality.
The relationship between means of land tenure and fertility is
considered.
Correspondence: J. Houdaille, INED, 27 Rue du
Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:10611 Khalatbari,
Parviz. Continuity and discontinuity of population
movement prior to the Industrial Revolution. [Kontinuitat und
Diskontinuitat der Bevolkerungsbewegung vor der industriellen
Revolution.] Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte, No. 4, 1986. 17-50 pp.
Berlin, German Democratic Republic. In Ger.
The author analyzes
population trends and forces that have influenced them, focusing on the
period prior to the Industrial Revolution. He comments on the
continuity and the interruption of continuity in population
developments, the continuity of population growth in the period prior
to the neolithic era, the interruption of continuity in population
growth during the neolithic period, the socioeconomic foundation and
significant features of population growth in agricultural societies,
and a statistical overview of global population growth throughout
history to the year 1650.
Correspondence: P. Khalatbari,
Sektion Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin,
Bereich Demographie, 102 Berlin Spandauer Strasse 1, German Democratic
Republic. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:10612 Madansky,
Albert. On biblical censuses. Journal of Official
Statistics, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1986. 561-9 pp. Stockholm, Sweden. In Eng.
"This paper surveys the literature on the major censuses recorded
in the Old Testament, those taken by Moses and that taken by David. It
also reviews the Biblical origins and ramifications of the superstition
against being counted in a census."
Correspondence: A.
Madansky, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 5801 S.
Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. Location: University of
Pennsylvania, Demography Library, Philadelphia, PA.
54:10613 Russell,
Josiah C. Medieval demography. AMS Studies in the
Middle Ages, No. 12, ISBN 0-404-61442-6. LC 86-47837. 1987. x, 325 pp.
AMS Press: New York, New York. In Eng.
This is a reprinting of
selected works by the author on a variety of demographically related
historical topics. The focus is on the demography of medieval Europe,
with one article on Egypt.
Location: Princeton University
Library (FST).
54:10614 Russell,
Josiah C. The population of the Crusader states. In:
A history of the Crusades, Volume V: the impact of the Crusades on the
Near East, edited by Norman P. Zacour and Harry W. Hazard. ISBN
0-299-09140-6. 1985. 295-314 pp. University of Wisconsin Press:
Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
The demographic factors affecting the
Crusades of the Middle Ages are examined. The focus is on demographic
conditions in countries that supplied the bulk of the Crusaders and on
the demographic impact on the Crusaders' primary destination areas in
Western Asia. The author notes that the period of the Crusades was one
of rapid population increase in the countries of origin. He suggests
that the rapid growth of the Egyptian population in the period
following the Crusader conquests made their eventual reconquest
inevitable. Demographic factors favoring the Crusaders' victories over
the Albigensians, the Moors, and the Slavs within Europe are also
considered.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
54:10615 Sandberg,
Lars G.; Steckel, Richard H. Overpopulation and
malnutrition rediscovered: hard times in 19th-century Sweden.
Explorations in Economic History, Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan 1988. 1-19 pp.
Duluth, Minnesota. In Eng.
Interrelationships among demographic and
economic conditions in western Sweden during the nineteenth century are
studied using data from muster rolls on human heights, mortality data,
and a series of real agricultural wages. A marked reversal is noted in
the upward trend in adult heights with cohorts born around 1840, and a
sharp increase in child mortality from nutrition-related causes in the
late 1840s is identified. Accompanying these developments were a modest
growth in per capita income and a shift in income distribution away
from the western region, which was experiencing more rapid population
growth and a higher proportion of children than the country as a whole.
"In short, population growth and insufficient economic development
were combining to produce an increasingly unequal distribution of a
(barely) growing national income. This shift in the distribution of
income and wealth, in turn, spelled suffering, impaired growth, and
even an early death for large numbers of children of the agricultural
poor, espically in the West."
Correspondence: L. G.
Sandberg, Department of Economics, Ohio State University, 190 North
Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210. Location: Princeton University
Library (PF).
54:10616 Stavins,
Robert. A model of English demographic change:
1573-1873. Explorations in Economic History, Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan
1988. 98-116 pp. Duluth, Minnesota. In Eng.
"This paper [presents]
an analysis of the factors associated with English demographic change
over the period 1573-1873, based upon the best available source of data
on fertility, mortality, migration, and the real wage (Wrigley and
Schofield, 1981). A simultaneous equations model was developed in
order to test four alternative demographic theories--the constant
equilibrium wage theory, the constant fertility theory, Lee's original
synthesis theory, and a new, composite theory....Two-stage least
squares estimation yielded parameter estimates with which hypothesis
tests were carried out, and these tests indicated the superiority of
the composite theory of demographic change. The dynamic performance of
this model was compared with a closed-population model through a series
of simulations. On the basis of several alternative evaluation
measures, it was found that the complete model with endogenous
migration provides substantially better tracking of the actual,
historical changes in the English population level." The analysis
provides support for the theory that mortality levels were the
significant factors in preindustrial demographic change in England
while labor demand functions played the dominant role in long-run
population increases following the beginning of
industrialization.
For the book by E. A. Wrigley and R. S.
Schofield, published in 1981, see 48:10658.
Correspondence: R. Stavins, Department of Economics,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
54:10617 Daelemans,
Frank. Sources and methods of historical demography before
1850: proceedings of the one-day seminar held in Brussels, May 23,
1984. [Sources et methodes de la demographie historique avant
1850: actes de la journee d'etude de Bruxelles, 23-05-84/Bronnen en
methoden van de historische demografie voor 1850: handelingen van de
studiedag te Brussel, 23-05-1984.] Archives et Bibliotheques de
Belgique/Archief- en Bibliotheekwezen in Belgie, Special ed. No. 24,
1984. xviii, 298 pp. Archives et Bibilioteques de Belgique: Brussels,
Belgium. In Eng; Fre; Dut.
These are the proceedings of a one-day
seminar, held in Brussels, Belgium, in May 1984, concerning the sources
and methods for the study of the historical demography of Belgium, the
southern Netherlands, and Luxembourg prior to 1850. The 10 papers,
which are in Dutch, English, or French, are grouped under three
headings: sources and critiques, methods, and demography and
medicine.
Correspondence: Archives et Biblioteques de
Belgique, Rue de Ruysbroeck 2-6, Brussels, Belgium. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
54:10618 Gauvreau,
Danielle; Jette, Rene; Bourque, Mario. Migration in the
Saguenay region: evidence from reconstituted families, 1838-1911.
Historical Methods, Vol. 20, No. 4, Fall 1987. 143-54 pp. Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
"This paper is methodological--its primary purpose is
to present the method by which reconstituted families can be used to
measure migration. Its second purpose is historical and demographic,
characterizing the settlement of the Saguenay region [of Quebec,
Canada] from its beginning in 1838 until 1911. Finally, this research
is indirectly related to genetics and will provide us with helpful data
in the search for the origins of specific hereditary diseases present
in the Saguenay region."
This is a revised version of a paper
presented at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (see Population Index, Vol. 52, No. 3, Fall 1986, pp.
421-2).
Correspondence: D. Gauvreau, SOREP, Universite du
Quebec, 555 Boulevard de l'Universite, Chicoutimi, Quebec G7H 2B1,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:10619 Hinde, P.
R. Andrew. The population of a Wiltshire village in the
nineteenth century: a reconstitution study of Berwick St James,
1841-71. Annals of Human Biology, Vol. 14, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1987.
475-85 pp. London, England. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ger.
"This
paper reports an exploratory reconstruction of the village of Berwick
St James in Wiltshire using nominative information from
nineteenth-century English censuses and ecclesiastical registers of
baptisms, marriages and burials between 1841 and 1871. The data are
first described, and a procedure for sorting and linking records from
different censuses, and for linking census records to registration
records, is outlined."
Correspondence: P. R. A. Hinde,
Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, 31 Bedford Square, London WC1, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:10620 Jette,
Rene; Gauvreau, Danielle. Measuring migration from family
files: a method based on data for the Saguenay region in the
nineteenth century. [Des fiches de famille a la mesure des
migrations: une methode elaboree a partir des donnees du Saguenay au
XIXe siecle.] Cahiers Quebecois de Demographie, Vol. 16, No. 1, Apr
1987. 37-65 pp. Montreal, Canada. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
A
method for measuring migration in historical demographic studies is
developed and illustrated using data from reconstituted family files
from the parish registers of Saguenay, Canada. The method allows for
the separate analysis of in- and out-migration and for an approximate
determination of the actual date of migration in populations
experiencing high mortality and fertility.
Correspondence:
D. Gauvreau, SOREP, Universite du Quebec, 555 Boulevard de
l'Universite, Chicoutimi, Quebec G7H 2B1, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
