56:30580 Garnot,
Benoit. The French population in the sixteenth,
seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. [La population francaise
aux XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles.] Synthese et Histoire, ISBN
2-7080-0589-9. 1988. 126 pp. Ophrys: Gap, France. In Fre.
This work
represents an attempt to summarize current knowledge concerning the
demographic history of France from the sixteenth to the eighteenth
century. Separate chapters are included on population trends and
characteristics, nuptiality, fertility, and mortality. The study
includes a section on research in historical demography, including an
introduction to both sources and methods. It concludes with examples
of research approaches for the study of family types and demographic
crises.
Correspondence: Ophrys, 6 avenue Jean-Jaures, 05002
Gap Cedex, France. Location: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, Paris, France.
56:30581 Harrison,
Jerry N. Demographic transition in a frontier town:
Manti, Utah, 1849-1948. Garland Studies in Historical Demography,
ISBN 0-8240-3350-7. LC 89-16824. 1989. xii, 210 pp. Garland Publishing:
New York, New York/London, England. In Eng.
"This dissertation
recapitulates the historical demography of a frontier town, Manti,
Utah, from 1849 through 1948. Demographic transition theory was used
as a framework by which to discuss population composition and change.
Special attention was given to community history and the influences of
state and national developments affecting the local
population....Family reconstitution was used to collect demographic
information on individuals and families....The method, quality of data
sources and issues relating to Mormon genealogical and ecclesiastical
records were discussed in detail. Also, issues in computer processing
and specifics of programming that generated demographic data from
genealogical sources were outlined....The findings of the study lead to
the conclusion that the population experienced demographic transitions
in mortality and fertility. Also, a transition in type and form of
migration occurred over the 100 year period of community history
examined."
Correspondence: Garland Publishing, 136 Madison
Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:30582 Reher,
David S. Town and country in pre-industrial Spain:
Cuenca, 1550-1870. Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and
Society in Past Time, No. 12, ISBN 0-521-35292-4. LC 89-35676. 1990.
xiv, 337 pp. Cambridge University Press: New York, New York/Cambridge,
England. In Eng.
This study examines the demographic experience of
Cuenca, a town in Spain, during the preindustrial period. The focus is
on the relationship between towns and their rural hinterlands. Data
are from a variety of local sources. The author "analyzes the
socio-economic structures of Cuenca in the context of the urbanization
of rural Spain, and shows how the history of the town is paradigmatic
of the social, economic and demographic changes that occurred over
three centuries in urban areas of the Mediterranean basin. Urban
systems, migration, inheritance and family ties and municipal
government are discussed in detail...."
Correspondence:
Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:30583 Lee,
Hung-tak. The reliability of the premodern Korean
household register data for an historical demography analysis.
Journal of Population and Health Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, Dec 1989.
139-58 pp. Seoul, Korea, Republic of. In Eng. with sum. in Kor.
The
author examines the reliability of premodern Korean household register
data from the Hyonnae-Myon sub-county for the period 1606-1789. The
focus is on underreporting of household members less than 15 years of
age, females, and slaves. The author reconstructs the population by
age and sex and discusses methods of compensating for data errors and
omissions in historical demography.
Correspondence: H.-T.
Lee, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 270 Imun-dong,
Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
56:30584 Nault,
Francois; Desjardins, Bertrand. Computers and historical
demography: the reconstitution of the early Quebec population.
Collection de Tires a Part, No. 266, [1989]. [5] pp. Universite de
Montreal, Departement de Demographie: Montreal, Canada. In Eng.
This is a report on a project to reconstitute the population of
Quebec, Canada, using parish registers dating from 1608 to 1851. "The
aim has been to identify all the individuals who settled in Quebec over
the period studied and to sketch their biographies: dates and places
of birth, marriage(s), death and family ties. This basic demographic
data is completed by the individual's characteristics as found in the
documents: sex, occcupation, residence, origin and literacy (ability
to sign)." The authors focus on the computer methods used in the
historical demography process.
This paper is reprinted from "History
and Computing II," Manchester, England, Manchester University Press,
1989, pp. 143-8.
Correspondence: Universite de Montreal,
Departement de Demographie, Case Postale 6128, Succursale A, Montreal,
Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:30585 Sharpe,
Pamela. The total reconstitution method: a tool for
class-specific study? Local Population Studies, No. 44, Spring
1990. 41-51 pp. Matlock, England. In Eng.
The author discusses the
methods used to reconstitute a parish in Colyton, England, for the
period 1538-1837. "I will describe my version of the method of 'total
reconstitution' and discuss the method's applicability for
class-specific study. I will then go on to examine some of the results
of the class-specific analysis which emerged for Colyton's nuptiality
pattern."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
