54:30543 Bouchard,
Gerard; Larouche, Jeannette. The social parameters of
family reproduction in Saguenay (1842-1911). [Parametres sociaux
de la reproduction familiale au Saguenay (1842-1911).] Sociologie et
Societes, Vol. 19, No. 1, Apr 1987. 133-44 pp. Montreal, Canada. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
"The family files in the population
network files of the Saguenay [Canada] are used here to isolate the
social parameters of family reproduction in the region between 1842 and
1911, which corresponds to the period of population settlement.
Particular attention is paid to a) the kinship tie as a support of
rural society, as studied through several forms of coresidence, b) the
inequalities accompanying the transmission of land and the
establishment of children, and c) literacy as an indicator of social
differentiation. It was observed that, despite disparities created
between elder and younger sons and between boys and girls, family
reproduction pursued an egalitarian course. This orientation was to be
compromised, however, by the tensions and constraints accompanying the
saturation of arable lands around 1920 to 1930."
Location:
U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
54:30544 Cozzetto,
Fausto. The Mezzogiorno and demography in the fifteenth
century. [Mezzogiorno e demografia nel XV secolo.] Biblioteca di
Storia e Cultura Meridionale, No. 3, LC 86-213782. 1986. ix, 202 pp.
Rubbettino Editore: Catanzaro, Italy. In Ita.
This is a guide to
the historical data available in the Liber Focorum Regni Neapolis, an
archive preserved at the Biblioteca Civica Berio in Genoa, Italy. The
data primarily concern the Kingdom of Naples in the fifteenth century.
One of the chapters contains a description of the demographic data
available for three Calabrian towns of Soverato, Isca, and San Andrea
in 1447.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30545 Dupaquier,
Jacques; Biraben, Jean-Noel; Etienne, Robert; Pietri, Charles; Pietri,
Luce; Bautier, Henri; Dubois, Henri; Higounet-Nadal, Arlette;
Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane. The history of the French
population. Part 1: from the beginning to the renaissance.
[Histoire de la population francaise. 1: des origines a la
renaissance.] ISBN 2-13-040109-0. 1988. xxi, 565 pp. Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
This book, the
first in a planned series of four volumes on the history of the
population of France, is concerned with the population history of
France from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. Separate
chapters are included on the prehistoric period; Roman Gaul; the High
Middle Ages; the medieval population surge; urban growth; the
population decline of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; the
demographic revival; hygiene, illness, war, and death; migration; and
the medieval family.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
54:30546 Galloway,
Patrick R. Basic patterns in annual variations in
fertility, nuptiality, mortality, and prices in pre-industrial
Europe. Population Studies, Vol. 42, No. 2, Jul 1988. 275-302 pp.
London, England. In Eng.
"The present study focuses on the
relationship between annual variations in grain prices and annual
fluctuations in fertility, nuptiality, mortality, and population growth
in a number of pre-industrial European countries. The direction,
magnitude, and temporal structure of the responses of vital rates of
fluctuations in grain prices are estimated, and differences and
similarities of response are discussed. The analysis allows inferences
to be made about the relative strength of the short-term Malthusian
preventive and positive checks and about the role development, income,
and urbanization levels play in the determination of the timing and
magnitude of these checks....[Data are for five periods:] pre-plague
(before 1348), plague (1348 to the 1670s), post-plague and
pre-demographic transition (1675 to about 1870), demographic transition
(from around 1870 to the first half of the twentieth century), and
post-World War II."
Correspondence: P. R. Galloway,
Graduate Group in Demography, Program in Population Research,
University of California, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30547 Garcia
Espana, E.; Molinie-Bertrand, A. The 1591 census of
Castile. An analytical study. [Censo de Castilla de 1591.
Estudio analitico.] ISBN 84-260-1368-6. 1986. 923 pp. Instituto
Nacional de Estadistica: Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
This is an analysis
of the results of the 1591 census of Castile, which makes up the major
part of present-day Spain. The first part examines aspects of space,
time, and society in the context of the census results. The second part
consists primarily of regional analyses.
For the results of the
census on which this analysis is based, published in 1984, see
elsewhere in this issue.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:30548 Kedelski,
Mieczyslaw. Pre-partition population census of the Poznan
diocese (1765-1769). [Przedrozbiorowy spis ludnosci diecezji
Poznanskiej (1765-1769).] Przeszlosc Demograficzna Polski, Vol. 17,
1987. 221-35 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol.
Data are presented from a
census conducted during the 1760s in the Poznan diocese of Poland.
They concern population by parish, sex, and Catholic or other
("dissident") category.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:30549 Knodel,
John E. Demographic behavior in the past. A study of
fourteen German village populations in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in
Past Time, No. 6, ISBN 0-521-32715-6. LC 87-20601. 1988. xxv, 587 pp.
Cambridge University Press: New York, New York/Cambridge, England. In
Eng.
"This book provides a detailed examination of the demographic
behavior of families during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in
a sample of fourteen villages in five different regions of Germany. It
is based on the reconstituted family histories of vital events (births,
deaths and marriages) compiled by genealogies for the entire
populations of these villages. The book applies the type of
micro-level analysis possible with family reconstitution data for the
crucial period leading to and encompassing the early stages of the
demographic transition, including the initial onset of the decline of
fertility to low modern levels....[Factors considered] include infant
and child mortality, maternal mortality, marriage, marital dissolution,
bridal pregnancy and illegitimacy. The core of the study, however,
deals with marital reproduction, examining the modernization of
reproductive behavior in terms of the transition from a situation of
natural fertility to one characterized by pervasive family
limitation."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30550 Landry,
Yves; Legare, Jacques. The life course of
seventeenth-century immigrants to Canada. Journal of Family
History, Vol. 12, No. 1-3, 1987. 201-12 pp. Greenwich,
Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
The authors seek to identify
demographic parameters for individuals who immigrated to Canada before
1680, using data on individual life courses from early French Canadian
population registers. "The analysis covers not only the timing of the
marriages and births of children of the immigrants, from their arrival
to their death, but also the intensity of the phenomena that
characterize their family life. The idea is to identify the proportion
of individuals who lived through the main phases of the family life
cycle (pre-parental, parental, post-parental) and to measure their
timing....The study takes into account such basic variables as sex,
length of life, number of marriages contracted, and number of children
born."
Correspondence: Y. Landry, Programme de Recherche en
Demographie Historique, Universite de Montreal, Caise Postale 6128,
Succursale A, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30551 Legoyt,
Alfred. The first French population censuses, up to
1856. [Les premiers recensements de la population en France,
jusqu'en 1856.] Journal de la Societe de Statistique de Paris, Vol.
128, No. 4, 1987. 243-57 pp. Nancy, France. In Fre.
The author
identifies and describes data collected concerning population size and
trends in France before 1856. The article is divided into two
sections; the first deals with data sources before 1800, and the second
is concerned with nineteenth-century sources before 1856. This is an
extract of an article originally published in
1860.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30552 Mbaye,
Saliou. Sources of demographic history of the Sahel
countries preserved in the archives (1816-1960). [Sources de
l'histoire demographique des pays du Sahel conservees dans les archives
(1816-1960).] Etudes et Travaux de l'USED, No. 7, 1986. 328 pp.
Institut du Sahel: Bamako, Mali. In Fre.
This is a list of the
available sources of historical demographic data for the countries of
the Sahel, including Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and the Sudan. A section is included for
each country and for the former French colonial region of Afrique
Occidentale Francaise, consisting of an introduction, a list of
archival sources, published sources, and a bibliography. There are no
annotations or descriptions of contents.
Correspondence:
Institut du Sahel, B.P. 1530, Bamako, Mali. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30553 Palloni,
Alberto; Komlos, John. On the role of crises in historical
perspective. Population and Development Review, Vol. 14, No. 1,
Mar 1988. 145-70 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
Two separate
comments on a recent article by Susan C. Watkins and Jane Menken
concerning the relationship between famines and population growth in
preindustrial societies are presented. Alberto Palloni proposes
alternative models that emphasize the role of crises such as famines in
controlling population, and argues that the boom and bust model
accurately reflects the demographic situation in preindustrial Europe.
John Komlos uses data for England to argue that regional, rather than
national, crises played a crucial role in slowing down population
growth in the preindustrial era. A reply by Watkins and Menken is
included (pp. 165-70).
For the study by Watkins and Menken,
published in 1985, see 52:10575.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:30554 Roman,
Louis. Historical demography of Romania, 1978-1984.
Analytical bibliography. [Demographie historique de la Roumanie,
1978-1984. Bibliographie analytique.] Revue Roumaine d'Histoire, Vol.
24, No. 4, Oct-Dec 1985. 351-72 pp. Bucharest, Romania. In Fre.
This bibliography, which is selectively annotated, lists works on
the historical demography of Romania published between 1978 and 1984.
It is divided into reference works, data sources, studies, conference
proceedings, and the work of the Historical Demography Laboratory of
the University of Bucharest's History and Philosophy Faculty.
For a
previous bibliography covering the years 1972-1978, published by the
same author in 1980, see 48:20754.
Location: U.S. Library
of Congress, Washington, D.C.
54:30555 Rosenwaike,
Ira. On the edge of greatness: a portrait of American
Jewry in the early national period. Publications of the American
Jewish Archives, No. 14, ISBN 0-87820-013-4. LC 85-6048. 1985. xvi, 189
pp. American Jewish Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio. In Eng.
A
demographic analysis of the Jewish population of the United States in
the early nineteenth century is presented. Data are from the 1830
census, supplemented by city directories, vital records, and other
contemporary sources. Topics covered include settlement and growth
patterns before 1830, immigrant origins, spatial distribution, the size
of Jewish urban communities, household structure, and
occupations.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
54:30556 Gutmann,
Myron P.; Fliess, Kenneth H. A research seminar in
historical demography for undergraduates. Texas Population
Research Center Papers, Series 10: 1988, No. 10.03, Apr 1988. 19, [2]
pp. University of Texas, Texas Population Research Center: Austin,
Texas. In Eng.
The authors describe a seminar on historical
demography that was taught in the Plan II Honors Program at the
University of Texas at Austin. They then "draw some conclusions about
the utility of this experience for communicating demographic research
skills and understanding to students." The geographical focus is on
two towns in Texas.
This paper was originally presented at the 1988
Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. For more
information, see the abstracts to PAA papers at the beginning of this
issue.
Correspondence: Texas Population Research Center,
University of Texas, 601 Colorado Street, Austin, TX 78701.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:30557 Schuurman,
A. J. Historical demography and social history. Some new
trends. [Historische demografie en sociale geschiedenis. Enkele
nieuwe ontwikkelingen.] Tijdschrift voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Vol. 11,
No. 4, 1985. 375-86 pp. Leiden, Netherlands. In Dut.
Recent
literature on methods of historical demographic research is reviewed.
Two methods in particular are singled out: the method of family
reconstitution developed in France by Henry and others, and the method
of back projection developed in England by Wrigley and Schofield. The
author also describes a method of semi-automatic family reconstitution
developed by Bardet using computers.
Location: Northwestern
University Library, Evanston, IL.
