55:40499 Becker,
Charles; Diouf, Mamadou; Mbodj, Mohamed. The demographic
sources of the history of the Senegambia. [Les sources
demographiques de l'histoire de la Senegambie.] Annales de Demographie
Historique, 1987. 15-31 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The authors review the available sources of historical demographic
data for the Gambia and Senegal. They stress the need to study
historical demographic trends in order to understand the history of
social development in the region and show that the necessary data can
be retrieved from a variety of unorthodox
sources.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40500 Dyson,
Tim. India's historical demography: studies in famine,
disease and society. Collected Papers on South Asia, No. 8, ISBN
0-913215-43-0. 1989. ix, 296 pp. Riverdale: Riverdale, Maryland; Curzon
Press: London, England. In Eng.
This is a collection of 10 studies
by different authors on aspects of the historical demography of India.
Following a general introduction, papers are included on depopulation
in rural Tamil Nadu, 1780-1830; population and economic growth in Uttar
Pradesh, 1800-1900; mortality and fertility, 1881-1961; mortality,
fertility, and the status of women, 1881-1931; the historical
demography of Berar, 1881-1980; famine in nineteenth-century Punjab;
influenza in 1918-1919; cholera mortality, 1817-1947; and a comparative
historical perspective of India, Europe, and the Far
East.
Correspondence: Riverdale Company, 5506 Kenilworth
Avenue, Riverdale, MD 20737. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
55:40501
Fauve-Chamoux, Antoinette. The functioning of the
stem family in the baronies of the Pyrenees before 1914. [Le
fonctionnement de la famille-souche dans les baronnies des Pyrenees
avant 1914.] Annales de Demographie Historique, 1987. 241-62 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
Demographic trends in French
Pyrenees villages from 1660 to 1914 are analyzed using family
reconstitution data from parish records and available official sources,
such as censuses and tax rolls. The results indicate that a limitation
of fertility among married women over 35 years of age occurred and that
families were able to adjust their demographic behavior in response to
changing economic conditions over time.
Correspondence: A.
Fauve-Chamoux, Centre de Recherches Historiques, 54 boulevard Raspail,
75006 Paris, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
55:40502 Garcia
Jimenez, Bartolome. The demography of rural Andalusia:
Rute in the ancien regime. [Demografia rural andaluza: Rute en el
antiguo regimen.] Estudios Cordobeses, No. 37, ISBN 84-505-3592-1.
1987. 470 pp. Excma. Diputacion Provincial de Cordoba, Servicio de
Publicaciones: Cordoba, Spain. In Spa.
This is a detailed
demographic history of the small town of Rute, in the Spanish province
of Cordoba, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Chapters
are included on data sources and methodology, fertility, nuptiality,
mortality, population characteristics, the abandonment of children, and
minority populations.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
55:40503 Imhof,
Arthur E. The life span: on the postponement of death and
the art of living. [Die Lebenszeit: vom aufgeschobenen Tod und
von der Kunst des Lebens.] ISBN 3-406-33211-0. LC 88-189072. 1988. 363
pp. C. H. Beck: Munich, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
The
increase in life expectancy in Europe and other developed countries
over the past three centuries is described. Past and current effects
of this trend on society are analyzed. The final sections of the book
deal with the relevance of the European experience to other countries,
including India, Japan, Australia, and New
Zealand.
Correspondence: C. H. Beck'sche,
Verlagsbuchhandlung Oscar Beck, Wilhelmstrasse 9, Postfach 400340,
D-8000 Munich 40, Federal Republic of Germany. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40504 Lalou,
Richard; Boleda, Mario. An underutilized source: the
censuses during French rule. [Une source en friche: les
denombrements sous le Regime francais.] Revue d'Histoire de l'Amerique
Francaise, Vol. 42, No. 1, Summer 1988. 47-72 pp. Outremont, Canada. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"This article proposes to evaluate the
quality of the censuses of the Canadian population carried out between
1685 and 1739. Analysis of the internal coherence of these documents
suggests that certain categories of the population were under-recorded,
for example, women in the 17th century and young boys in the 18th
century. In order to determine the extent of underenumeration, the
present study compares the size of the recorded population to the
number of people present at the time of census-taking, as estimated by
the technique of cumulated natural increase. The results of this
comparison suggest that the population is under-recorded in all the
censuses. However, with an average rate of omission of a little more
than 10%, these documents are nonetheless, for the pre-statistical era,
of a high enough quality to make their use
worthwhile."
Correspondence: R. Lalou, Universite de
Montreal, Departement de Demographie, Case Postale 6128, Succursale A,
Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
55:40505 Leboutte,
Rene. At the crossroads of change: fertility, standard of
living, and popular culture. [Au carrefour des transitions:
fecondite, niveau de vie et culture populaire.] Annales de Demographie
Historique, 1987. 175-211 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The process of demographic transition at the local level is
analyzed using Belgian data for the period 1806-1976. "This paper
deals with a micro-demographic analysis of the history of the
population in the Eastern part of Belgium, called the Basse-Meuse.
With the help of quantitative and qualitative data, it tries to give a
better understanding of the cultural context in which the demographic
changes have taken place. The new demographic pattern appears to be
associated with the great economic depression of the years 1870-1890,
which created a deep fear of falling back again into the traditional
poverty."
Correspondence: R. Leboutte, Universite de l'Etat
a Liege, Place du 20-Aout 7, 4000 Liege, Belgium. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40506 Locoh,
Therese. To preserve contemporary sources of historical
demography in Africa. [Pour une sauvegarde des sources de
l'histoire demographique contemporaine en Afrique.] Annales de
Demographie Historique, 1987. 51-5 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The
author emphasizes the need to take active steps to preserve the
available sources of data on Africa's demographic history, using the
example of Togo. These steps include the adequate storage of both
documents and data in machine-readable form, the setting up of
archives, and the restoration and preservation of documents that are in
poor condition.
Correspondence: T. Locoh, INED, 27 rue du
Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:40507 Low, Bobbi
S. Occupational status and reproductive behavior in
nineteenth-century Sweden: Locknevi Parish. Social Biology, Vol.
36, No. 1-2, Spring-Summer 1989. 82-101 pp. Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
"This paper analyzes the persistence and increase/decrease of
family lineages in an agricultural Swedish parish during the nineteenth
century. Its purpose is to analyze in detail patterns of fertility and
mortality before and during the demographic transition, using data on
family lineages for individuals of different occupations, in the parish
of Locknevi, Sweden, from 1824-96."
Correspondence: B. S.
Low, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Evolution
and Human Behavior Program, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40508 Martinez
Carrion, Jose M.; Hernandez Moreno, Angela. Agricultural
change and family organization in the irrigated region of Murcia from
the mid-nineteenth century to 1935. [Cambio agrario y organizacion
familiar en la huerta de Murcia desde mediados del siglo XIX a 1935.]
Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia Historica, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1989.
61-92 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
Changes in marriage patterns and
family and household types in three parishes in the irrigated part of
Murcia, Spain, are studied in relation to changes in agricultural
practices over the course of the nineteenth century up to 1935.
Marriage characteristics studied include frequency of marriage by
month, age at first marriage, age differential between spouses,
marriage by social group, celibacy, widowhood, and remarriage. Family
and household aspects include social type, family type, number of
generations in the household, and effects of the death of the head of
the household.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
55:40509 McGregor,
Patrick P. L. Demographic pressure and the Irish famine:
Malthus after Mokyr. Land Economics, Vol. 65, No. 3, Aug 1989.
228-38 pp. Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
"This paper presents a fresh
analysis of demographic pressure in pre-Famine Ireland. The crucial
issue is one of measurement. Population pressure is taken as the ratio
of population to non-reproducible natural resources, that is, land."
The author develops a measure of land quality that is used to test the
Malthusian hypothesis. "The central finding of this paper may be
stated quite simply: when proper account is given to the measurement
of land quality and demographic pressure, then the Malthusian
hypothesis that income per capita decreases with population pressure is
not rejected by the evidence of pre-Famine
Ireland."
Correspondence: P. P. L. McGregor, University of
Ulster, Applied Economics and Human Resource Management Department,
Coleraine, County Londonderry, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
55:40510 Nelson,
Marie C.; Rogers, John. Urbanisation and the epidemiologic
transition. Meddelande fran Familjehistoriska Projektet/Reports
from the Family History Group, No. 9, ISBN 91-506-0757-X. 1989. 135 pp.
Uppsala University, Department of History, Family History Group:
Uppsala, Sweden. In Eng.
Three papers are presented from the
November 1987 meeting of the Social Science History Association's
session on Urbanization and the Epidemiologic Transition. The papers
concern a comparative study on the development of health services in
England, Germany, and Sweden in the context of trends in urbanization
and mortality; the role of the military in developing health services
in Sweden; and the relationships among infectious diseases, poverty,
sanitary conditions, childrearing practices, and congenital factors in
the decline of infant mortality in England.
Correspondence:
Uppsala University, Department of History, Family History Project, St.
Jonassesgatan 21, S-752 35 Uppsala, Sweden. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40511 Ortega
Berruguete, Arturo R. Marriage, fertility, and the family
in the Basque country at the limits of the modern age.
[Matrimonio, fecundidad y familia en el pais vasco a fines de la edad
moderna.] Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia Historica, Vol. 7, No.
1, 1989. 47-74 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
Demographic trends in the
Basque region of Spain are analyzed over the course of the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries. With respect to nuptiality, the author
examines age at first marriage, age differences between spouses, civil
status before marriage, and proportion of women married. Aspects of
fertility considered include birth rate, intervals between births, and
illegitimacy. Concerning family structure, data are provided on types
of families and households and on multiple-generation
households.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40512 Simon
Tarres, Antoni. The demographic history of Catalonia. A
bibliographic essay. [La demografia historica en Catalunya. Un
balance bibliografico.] Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia
Historica, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1989. 37-60 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
The author presents and discusses a bibliography of some 190
references to the demographic history of the Spanish region of
Catalonia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40513 Spree,
Reinhard. The "epidemiological transition" in Germany:
concrete and differential observations. [Der "epidemiologische
Ubergang" in Deutschland. Konkretisierende und differenzierende
Anmerkungen.] Demographische Informationen 1988/89, [1989]. 32-8, 155
pp. Vienna, Austria. In Ger. with sum. in Eng.
The concept of the
"epidemiological transition", involving fundamental changes in causes
of death, is first described. Prussian death records from the last
quarter of the nineteenth century are then analyzed in an effort to
examine the epidemiological transition in Germany, its socioeconomic
causes, and differentials by sex, age, and
region.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40514 Vinovskis,
Maris A. Have social historians lost the Civil War? Some
preliminary demographic speculations. Journal of American History,
Vol. 76, No. 1, Jun 1989. 34-58 pp. Bloomington, Indiana. In Eng.
"As a first step toward an assessment of the Civil War's influence,
this article explores its demographic impact. By looking at the number
of Union and Confederate soldiers who died and comparing the results
with mortality in other wars one can gauge the magnitude of the Civil
War. Having established that a very high proportion of military-age
white males fought and died in the Civil War, the article considers how
the peculiarities of that conflict may have affected the participants'
wartime experiences. Then, preliminary results from an in-depth study
of Newburyport, Massachusetts, during the Civil War, are used to sketch
the social and economic background of those who fought and died in that
conflict. Finally, the article examines the impact of the Civil War on
the survivors. Given the paucity of research on the influence of the
Civil War on the postwar lives of ordinary Americans, I offer a
preliminary demographic analysis of the federal pension program using
aggregate statistics as one indication of the type of studies that
might be done."
Correspondence: M. A. Vinovskis, University
of Michigan, Institute of Social Research, Center for Political
Studies, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
55:40515 Walter,
John; Schofield, Roger. Famine, disease and the social
order in early modern society. Cambridge Studies in Population,
Economy and Society in Past Time, No. 10, ISBN 0-521-25906-1. LC
88-30181. 1989. xiv, 335 pp. Cambridge University Press: New York, New
York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
This is a collection of eight
studies by different authors on the process whereby European societies
escaped from the permanent threat of famine in the early modern period.
The emphasis is on England, one of the first countries to escape from
the threat of famine. The contributions combine detailed local
studies, broader analyses of the impact of hunger and disease, and
methodological studies that examine the impact of crisis mortality on
early modern societies. "The essays examine the complex
inter-relationships between past demographic, social and economic
structures, and demonstrate that the impact of hunger and disease can
provide a unique vehicle for an exploration of early modern
society."
Correspondence: Cambridge University Press, Pitt
Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40516 Blum,
Alain. An estimate of local adult mortality based on
family cards. Population. English Selection, Vol. 44, No. 1, Sep
1989. 39-56 pp. Paris, France. In Eng.
The author reviews several
methods of adult mortality estimation for seventeenth- and
eighteenth-century France using data from family records "to obtain an
estimate of local mortality, either limiting hypotheses (constant
underregistration, or restriction to children, independence of
migration and mortality) have to be made, or else a single age group
chosen, for which it becomes possible to make more accurate
calculations. In the present paper, [the author] has opted for the
second alternative and has obtained very accurate results for the
mortality of adults, by taking into account any indication denoting
their presence before they disappear either through death or
migration."
This is a translation of the French article published in
1987 and cited in 53:20604.
Correspondence: A. Blum, INED,
27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40517 Canova,
Eliska; Horska, Pavla; Maur, Eduard. The nominal lists of
Bohemia, a source of data for social history and historical
demography. [Les listes nominatives de la Boheme, source de
donnees pour l'histoire sociale et la demographie historique.] Annales
de Demographie Historique, 1987. 295-312 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
with sum. in Eng.
"The article gives an analysis of two kinds of
sources for population research in Bohemia [Czechoslovakia] between
1585 and 1700: of several ecclesiastical lists of inhabitants and of
several registers of subjects. The article deals with the
possibilities of studying the precise number of inhabitants of some
regions in Bohemia and their division into sexes, into children and
adults, into married, unmarried and widowed, the distribution by age or
by marital status, the sex-ratio of males per 100 females, the marriage
market, the size and composition of households, the structure of the
household and the socio-economic
characteristics."
Correspondence: E. Canova, Ceskoslovenska
Demograficka Spolecnost, nam A. Zapotockeho 4, 130 67 Prague 3,
Czechoslovakia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:40518 Henry,
Louis; Blum, Alain. Techniques of analysis in historical
demography. [Techniques d'analyse en demographie historique.] 2nd
ed. ISBN 2-7332-2005-5. 1988. viii, 180 pp. Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is a manual on
techniques of analysis in historical demography, with emphasis on the
use of data from French sources. The techniques described are closely
linked to the types of documents available for analysis. The first
part of the book is concerned with analyzing data from a nominal list
or enumerator's schedule, with regard to both the state of the
population and natural increase. The second part examines the
calculation of civil status without family reconstitution in the
absence of a census. The third part deals with the same process using
family reconstitution and includes separate chapters on marital
fertility, the family, nuptiality, and mortality. The fourth part
considers civil status and census data. A fifth and final part covers
the analysis of data from series of nominal lists or
schedules.
Correspondence: INED, 27 rue du Commandeur,
75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
