56:20478 Boomgaard,
Peter. Children of the colonial state: population growth
and economic development in Java, 1795-1880. ISBN 90-6256-783-5.
1989. x, 247 pp. Free University Press: Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
This study is concerned with the population growth of the main
Indonesian island of Java during the nineteenth century and with the
island's social and economic history during that period. The first two
parts deal with the colonial state, its economic policy, and social and
economic structures. The third part is concerned with demography and
examines trends in marriage and divorce, household composition and
size, and patterns of sexual behavior. It also considers the components
and causes of population growth, including mortality and fertility, as
well as regional variations.
Correspondence: Free
University Press, VU Boekhandel/Uitgeverij b.v., De Boelelaan 1105,
1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands. Location: East-West Population
Institute, Honolulu, HI. Source: East-West Population
Institute, Acquisitions List, May-Jun 1989.
56:20479 Corsini,
Carlo A. Life, death, and miracles of the common people.
Notes for a history of the population of Tuscany from the fourteenth to
the twentieth century. [Vita, morte e miracoli di gente comune.
Appunti per una storia della popolazione della Toscana fra XIV e XX
secolo.] LC 88-152749. [1988]. 149 pp. La Casa Usher: Florence, Italy.
In Ita.
This is a selection of nine articles on the demographic
history of the region of Tuscany, Italy, from the fourteenth to the
twentieth century. Topics covered include changes in territorial
organization over time, medieval demography through architectural and
urban evidence, environment and population at the end of the Middle
Ages, the transition from epidemic to controlled mortality, trends in
infant mortality, migration and resettlement, Livorno from 1427 to
1750, and marriage and the family.
Correspondence: La Casa
Usher, 89 Borgo Pinti, 50121 Florence, Italy. Location: U.S.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
56:20480 Floud,
Roderick. Medicine and the decline in mortality:
indicators of nutritional status. [La medecine et le declin de la
mortalite: indicateurs de l'etat nutritionnel.] Annales de Demographie
Historique, 1989. 125-37 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"The paper surveys ten years of research by historians,
demographers and economists into the use of indicators of nutritional
status in the description of the past....[Such studies] have shown
periods of rising and falling height in the past, with a particularly
interesting fall in average heights in Britain and the United States in
the middle of the nineteenth century. The paper surveys the major
findings of this research and discusses some drawbacks of the method
and some problems of interpretation. It concludes that the use of data
on human heights can help to illuminate the causes of the European
mortality decline."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:20481 Gasco,
Janine. An overview of the demographic and economic
history of colonial Soconusco. [Una vision de conjunto de la
historia demografica y economica del Soconusco colonial.] Mesoamerica,
Vol. 10, No. 18, Dec 1989. 371-99 pp. South Woodstock, Vermont/Antigua,
Guatemala. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
The author analyzes the
demographic impact of the Spanish conquest of Latin America, using the
example of the colonial province of Soconusco in southern Mexico. The
results show that severe native population losses and a decline in
cacao production, the region's main economic activity, followed the
arrival of the Spaniards. The eventual recovery of the population in
the late eighteenth century and the development of cacao production in
a colonial context are described.
Correspondence: J. Gasco,
University of Minnesota, Department of Anthropology, Minneapolis, MN
55455. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:20482 Grozdanova,
Elena. Bulgarian nationality in the seventeenth century:
a demographic study. [Balgarskata narodnost prez XVII vek:
demografsko izsledvane.] 1989. 725 pp. Izdatelstvo Nauka i Izkustvo:
Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in Eng.
Issues concerning the
status and development of the Bulgarian population during the period of
Ottoman rule are examined, with the focus on the eighteenth century.
The primary data sources are the Ottoman tax rolls, Catholic church
records, and contemporary foreign visitors. Fluctuations in the
Bulgarian population are associated not only with demographic crises
due to wars, epidemics, and other disasters, but also with conversions
to Islam among the Bulgarian ethnic population.
Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
56:20483 Komlos,
John. Height and social status in eighteenth-century
Germany. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 20, No. 4,
Spring 1990. 607-21 pp. Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
Using
human stature as a proxy for well-being, the author analyzes changes in
the standard of living by class in eighteenth-century Germany. The
data concern boys attending the Carlschule in Stuttgart between 1771
and 1793. The results show a strong relationship between height and
socioeconomic status and provide additional support for the hypothesis
that the nutritional status of the lower classes declined during the
early stages of the industrial revolution.
Correspondence:
J. Komlos, University of Pittsburgh, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Department of History, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260-0001.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
56:20484 Larquie,
Claude; Vincent, Bernard. The Spanish population in the
seventeenth century. [La population espagnole au XVIIe siecle.]
Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Moderne, Seizieme Serie, Vol. 88, No.
41, 1989. 6-21 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
Recent studies concerning
population trends in Spain during the seventeenth century are reviewed.
Sections are included on population characteristics, changes in vital
rates, and the evidence for a population decline. A summary of the
debate that followed a presentation of the paper is included (pp.
18-21).
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
56:20485 Polyakov,
Yu. A. Historical demography: problems, opinions,
tasks. [Istoricheskaya demografiya: problemy, suzhdeniya,
zadachi.] ISBN 5-02-008460-3. 1989. 288 pp. Nauka: Moscow, USSR. In
Rus.
This is a selection of articles by a variety of Soviet
historians, demographers, and ethnographers on controversial issues in
historical demography. The 14 papers are divided into three sections,
which concern general issues in historical demography, issues specific
to the Soviet Union, and issues concerning other regions of the
world.
Correspondence: Nauka, 90 ul. Profsojuznaja, 117495
Moscow, USSR. Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
56:20486 Cornell, L.
L. Analyzing the consequences of family structure with
event-history methods. Historical Methods, Vol. 23, No. 2, Spring
1990. 53-61 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
Problems associated with
the application of statistical methods and model building to the
analysis of historical demographic data are examined, with particular
reference to data from population registers. "The object of this paper
is to present a set of statistical models--generally termed
event-history or proportional-hazards models--that not only deal
effectively with the kind of data that the population registers make
available, but for which the population registers are one of the best
existing data sets." The models are tested using data from Japanese
population registers.
Correspondence: L. L. Cornell,
Indiana University, Department of Sociology, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:20487 Dupaquier,
Jacques. Problems of representativeness in the 3,000
families survey. [Problemes de representativite dans l'enquete des
3,000 familles.] Histoire et Mesure, Vol. 4, No. 1-2, 1989. 59-61 pp.
Montrouge, France. In Fre.
The author discusses problems concerning
the selection of a representative sample of families for the historical
survey of 3,000 French families being undertaken by the Laboratoire de
Demographie Historique.
Correspondence: J. Dupaquier, Ecole
des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Laboratoire de Demographie
Historique, 54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:20488 Sa, Isabel
dos G. Foundlings, population history, and
information. [Expostos, historia das populacoes e informatica.]
Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia Historica, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1989.
55-64 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Por.
The author critically examines
research on abandoned children in Portugal during the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. Sources of data and methods of analysis are
described and evaluated, and the possibility of using automatic data
processing in such investigations is
considered.
Correspondence: I. dos G. Sa, Largo da Igreja
de Paranhos 32, 4200 Porto, Portugal. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
