54:40566 Bouchard,
Gerard; Laberge, Claude; Scriver, Charles R. Demographic
reproduction and genetic transmission in the north-east of the province
of Quebec (eighteenth-twentieth centuries). [Reproduction
demographique et transmission genetique dans le nord-est de la province
de Quebec (18e-20e siecles).] European Journal of Population/Revue
Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 4, No. 1, Sep 1988. 39-67 pp.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"This paper
provides an overview of the main findings relating to works carried out
in [recent] years within SOREP (Inter-university population research
center). Those works pertain to the north-east of the province of
Quebec (Canada), and particularly to the Saguenay region....The goal of
our research is to study the population dynamics at the regional level,
from [the] 18th to 20th century, in order to bring about indications on
the structure and evolution of the gene pool. Our interest focuses on
a few defective genes which cause very severe diseases in those
northeastern regions. The paper aims to [illustrate] how population
studies as such can help genetic epidemiology and preventive actions in
general. Also addressed are ethical and legal issues raised by such an
approach relying on the utilization of a population
register."
Correspondence: G. Bouchard, SOREP, Universite
du Quebec, 555 Boulevard de l'Universite, Chicoutimi, Quebec G7H 2B1,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40567
Chandrasekhar, S. Growth and characteristics of
population--the island of Mauritius: 1767-1987. Population
Review, Vol. 32, No. 1-2, Jan-Dec 1988. 11-40 pp. La Jolla, California.
In Eng.
Population trends in Mauritius from 1767 to 1987 are
reviewed. Consideration is given to data sources, population
characteristics, occupations, educational status, and nuptiality. The
author also examines recent efforts to slow the rate of population
growth through agricultural development, industrialization, emigration,
and family planning.
Correspondence: S. Chandrasekhar,
Population Review, P.O. Box 8093, La Jolla, CA 92038-8093.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40568 Chretien,
Jean-Pierre. Demography and ecology in East Africa at the
end of the nineteenth century: an exceptional crisis?
[Demographie et ecologie en Afrique orientale a la fin du XIX siecle:
une crise exceptionnelle?] Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, Vol. 27, Pt.
1-2, No. 105-106, 1987. 43-59, 225 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum.
in Eng.
The demography of Eastern Africa at the end of the
nineteenth century is described. The existence of demographic crises
between 1890 and 1930 is confirmed as having been caused by a
combination of the Arab slave trade, European incursions, droughts,
locust epidemics, cattle plague, smallpox, and sleeping sickness. The
author suggests that the population in selected areas may have declined
by as much as 50 percent. The fragmentary evidence for demographic
crises earlier in the nineteenth century is also
considered.
Correspondence: J.-P. Chretien, Centre de
Recherches Africaines, Universite de Paris I, 12 Place du Pantheon,
75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. Location: New York Public
Library.
54:40569
Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine. African populations
in the past. [Les population africaines du passe.] In: Population
et societes en Afrique au sud du Sahara, edited by Dominique Tabutin.
1988. 51-72 pp. Editions l'Harmattan: Paris, France. In Fre.
Recent
research and literature on African demographic history are reviewed.
Consideration is given to ecological factors affecting demographic
trends, the slave trade, and colonization and the associated economic
and epidemiological impacts.
Correspondence: C.
Coquery-Vidrovitch, Laboratoire Tiers-Monde Afrique, Universite
Paris-7, 2 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40570 Groupe
Afrique Noire (Paris, France). Demographic history: the
concept of ethnicity. Various research. [Histoire demographique:
concept d'ethnie. Recherches diverses.] Groupe Afrique Noire Cahier,
No. 8, ISBN 2-85802-552-2. LC 85-240779. 1985. 200 pp. Editions
l'Harmattan: Paris, France. In Fre.
This report presents research
from work conducted at Universite Paris VII on African history. It
contains a section concerning African demographic history, including
two bibliographies and studies on the slave trade, famine and
colonization in Africa, with the primary focus on West
Africa.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
54:40571 Jackson,
James H.; Moch, Leslie P. Migration and the social history
of modern Europe. Historical Methods, Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter 1989.
27-36 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
The role that migration has
played in the social history of modern Europe is reviewed. The authors
challenge the concept that migration was linked primarily with
urbanization and modernization, and suggest that migration played an
important role in pre-modern societies as well. The need for an
interdisciplinary approach to the study of historical migration
patterns is stressed.
Correspondence: L. P. Moch,
Department of History, University of Michigan, Flint, MI 48502-2186.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40572
Jewsiewicki, Bogumil. Toward an
anthropological-sociological history of population: a proposal for a
micro-analysis of contemporary demographic trends in Zaire. [Vers
une anthropo-sociologie historique des populations: une proposition de
macro-analyse des processus demographiques contemporains au Zaire.]
Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, Vol. 27, Pt. 1-2, No. 105-106, 1987.
107-21, 226 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The study
of the demographic history of colonial Zaire is considered. The author
maintains that it is not possible to separate biological phenomena,
such as fertility or mortality, from their social, cultural, political,
and economic contexts. The demographic impact of colonial institutions
is described, and the author suggests that high fertility was the
result of a reorganization of the power structure within the colonial
society.
Correspondence: B. Jewsiewicki, Universite Laval,
Cite Universitaire, Quebec, Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada. Location:
New York Public Library.
54:40573 Manning,
Patrick; Griffiths, William S. Divining the unprovable:
simulating the demography of African slavery. Journal of
Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 19, No. 2, Autumn 1988. 177-201 pp.
Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
The demographic impact of the
slave trade on Africa's population is examined. The authors present a
simulation model which facilitates "the systematic application of both
demographic principles and historical data to the study of populations
influenced by slavery and slave trade....[The] simulation performs an
aggregate analysis (appropriate to regional and continental levels
rather than local levels), and it performs a long-run analysis
(appropriate to decades and generations rather than an individual
year). The result is an analysis of the average or generality of the
slave trade's impact, rather than of its individual outcomes or its
extremes." They conclude that "the Export slave trade reversed African
population growth from 1730 to 1850, that the population fell by 3 to 7
million from a base of some 25 million in 1730, and that the population
of adult women exceeded that of adult men by 15 to 20 percent
throughout the region during that century."
Correspondence:
P. Manning, Department of History, Northeastern University, 360
Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Location: Princeton
University Library (SH).
54:40574 Margulis,
Mario. Development and population in Imperial Spain
(sixteenth to eighteenth centuries). [Desarrollo y poblacion en la
Espana imperial (siglos XVI al XVIII).] Dec 1987. 107 pp. Colegio de
Mexico, Centro de Estudios Demograficos y de Desarrollo Urbano: Mexico
City, Mexico. In Spa.
Population trends in Spain from the sixteenth
to the eighteenth century are analyzed, with an emphasis on the
relationships among demographic factors and the economic, political,
and social changes associated with the development of Spain's worldwide
colonial empire. Consideration is given to the significant changes in
the political structure that occurred over the course of the two
centuries as well as to the demographic impact of such events as the
expulsion of the Moors, the plague, and the colonization of the
Americas.
Correspondence: Centro de Estudios Demograficos y
de Desarrollo Urbano, Colegio de Mexico, Camino al Ajusco 20, Pedregal
de Sta. Teresa, 10740 Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40575 Posse,
Zulmara C. S. Prehistoric population studies.
[Estudos de populacao pre-historica.] Revista Brasileira de Estudos de
Populacao, Vol. 2, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1985. 99-127 pp. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In Por. with sum. in Eng.
Studies concerning prehistoric
populations in the Americas are discussed. "A review is made of
research conducted in America focusing...on indigenous populations
prior to contacts with Europeans, and those which, employing
archaeological and historical sources, seek to evaluate the population
and establish depopulation indexes for the said
societies."
Correspondence: Z. C. S. Posse, Universidade
Federal do Parana, Rua 15 de Novembro 1299, 80000 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40576 Sutton,
Douglas G. Maori demographic change, 1769-1840: the inner
workings of "a picturesque but illogical simile" Journal of the
Polynesian Society, Vol. 95, No. 3, Sep 1986. 291-339 pp. Auckland, New
Zealand. In Eng.
Population dynamics of the Maori population of New
Zealand from 1769 to 1840 are examined. This period involved the first
major contact between the Maori population and the European-origin
population.
Correspondence: D. G. Sutton, University of
Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 1, New Zealand. Location:
East-West Population Institute, Honolulu, HI.
54:40577
Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine. African demographic
history: a review of the question in anglophone literature.
[Histoire demographique africaine: l'etat de la question dans la
litterature anglophone.] Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, Vol. 27, Pt. 1-2,
No. 105-106, 1987. 203-11 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
This is a
review of recent English-language works on African demographic
history.
Correspondence: C. Coquery-Vidrovitch, Universite
de Paris VII, 2 Place Jussieu, 75221 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Location: New York Public Library.
54:40578 Haines,
Michael R. Economic history and historical demography:
past, present, and future. In: The future of economic history,
edited by Alexander J. Field. Recent Economic Thought Series, ISBN
0-89838-217-3. LC 86-7182. 1987. 185-253 pp. Kluwer-Nijhoff Publishing:
Norwell, Massachusetts/Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"The present
essay surveys some aspects of the study of population of particular
interest to researchers in economic history. Primary emphasis will be
(a) on methodology and sources, and (b) on the substantive study of
fertility, mortality, marriage, and economic-demographic
interrelations. Secondary emphasis is placed on other topics with
important demographic content, such as household and family structure,
internal and international migration, and labor force demography....The
objective here is to provide an up-to-date although noncomprehensive
survey of present research and an evaluation of future prospects." The
geographical scope is worldwide.
Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
54:40579 Haines,
Michael R.; Anderson, Barbara A. New demographic history
of the late 19th-century United States. Explorations in Economic
History, Vol. 25, No. 4, Oct 1988. 341-65 pp. Duluth, Minnesota. In
Eng.
"This paper presents a partial survey of work on the
historical demography of the United States, emphasizing the late 19th
century. The use of micro data sources and new methods are of
particular interest. Fertility and mortality receive primary attention,
although other areas are covered." Among the data sources discussed
are state and federal censuses, census manuscripts, vital statistics
registers, and labor force studies.
Correspondence: M.
Haines, Department of Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
48202. Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
54:40580 Perrot,
Claude-Helene. The influence of demographic fluctuations
on the Akan societies of the south-eastern Ivory Coast. [La
sensibilite des societes akan du sud-est de la Cote d'Ivoire aux
fluctuations demographiques.] Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, Vol. 27, Pt.
1-2, No. 105-106, 1987. 167-75, 227 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with
sum. in Eng.
The use of oral history to study demographic history
is explored using an example from the Ivory Coast. The author attempts
to trace the course of demographic surges and contractions during the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries using data on cultural changes
obtained from oral histories.
Correspondence: C.-H. Perrot,
Centre de Recherches Africaines, Universite de Paris I, 12 Place du
Pantheon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. Location: New York
Public Library.
54:40581 Rogers,
John. Family reconstitution: new information or
misinformation? Meddelande fran Familjehistoriska
Projektet/Reports from the Family History Group, No. 7, ISBN
91-506-0688-3. 1988. 51 pp. Uppsala University, Department of History,
Family History Group: Uppsala, Sweden. In Eng.
The author assesses
the influence of migration on the methodology of family reconstitution.
"Using data from a highly mobile area in Sweden during the nineteenth
century, this study analyzes the effects of migration on three key
demographic variables: age at marriage, age-specific marital fertility
and adult mortality. It was found that estimates based on a family
reconstitution would have underestimated mean age at marriage by
between 0.7 and 3.7 per cent, total marital fertility by between 0.5
and 2.4 per cent and adult mortality by 1.1 per cent or less. The
results are reassuring for future use of the technique as well as
providing more confidence in the results of past
studies."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
