56:40487 Bonfield,
Lloyd. Was there a "third age" in the preindustrial
English past? Some evidence from the law. In: An aging world:
dilemmas and challenges for law and social policy, edited by John M.
Eekelaar and David Pearl. 1989. 37-53 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford,
England; Nihon Kajo Publishing: Japan. In Eng.
The author "seeks to
elaborate...upon the elderly as a social, economic, and most of all, a
legal group in the pre-industrial English past....Three issues
regarding the elderly in the pre-industrial past will be explored here:
first, were the elderly at law considered to be a group in the
pre-industrial English past; second, were the elderly more at risk of
poverty than their younger neighbours; and finally was the poor law
calculated to address their needs?"
Correspondence: L.
Bonfield, Tulane University, Law School, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40488 Eiras Roel,
Antonio. Autoregulated mechanisms, demographic evolution,
and intraregional diversification. The example of the population of
Galicia at the end of the eighteenth century. [Mecanismos
autorreguladores, evolucion demografica y diversificacion
intrarregional. El ejemplo de la poblacion de Galicia a finales del
siglo XVIII.] Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia Historica, Vol. 8,
No. 2, 1990. 51-72 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
The author examines
characteristics of the population of Galicia, Spain, at the end of the
eighteenth century. Data from the 1787 census are analyzed concerning
age and sex distribution, births, fertility, mortality by age,
longevity, expectation of life, nuptiality, emigration, family size,
and population growth using six different demographic models to
illustrate regional differences in population
trends.
Correspondence: A. Eiras Roel, 2 Avenida de las
Ciencias, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Spain.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40489 Katus,
Kalev. Demographic trends in Estonia throughout the
centuries. Yearbook of Population Research in Finland, Vol. 28,
1990. 50-66 pp. Helsinki, Finland. In Eng.
"This article is a short
review of the Estonian demographic history starting the 1200s. The
data during the first centuries concern only the size of the
population....The author aims...to describe the post-war demographic
development in which the migration, especially the in-migration from
other Soviet regions, but also the out-migration of Estonians for
various reasons, had a great impact. The different demographic
behavior of the immigrants and the Estonians and its effect on
fertility and mortality [are] discussed."
Correspondence:
K. Katus, Sopruse 219-51, 200034 Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40490 Landry,
Yves. A current bibliography on the history of Canadian
population and historical demography in Canada. [Bibliograpie
courante sur l'histoire de la population canadienne et la demographie
historique au Canada, 1988.] Histoire Sociale/Social History, Vol. 22,
No. 44, Nov 1989. 349-55 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
This the
twelfth in an annual series of bibliographies on Canadian historical
demography. It primarily concerns material published in 1988. The
citations are unannotated and are in English or
French.
Correspondence: Y. Landry, Universite de Montreal,
Programme de Recherche en Demographie Historique, CP 6128, Succursale
A, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
56:40491 Nadal i
Oller, Jordi. The great mortality crises of 1793-1812:
long-term effects in the Catalan population. [Les grandes crisis
de mortalidad de los anos 1793-1812: los efectos a largo plazo en la
poblacion catalana.] Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia Historica,
Vol. 8, No. 2, 1990. 37-49 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
The author
investigates reasons for the low numbers of the Catalan population aged
16-25 in the early nineteenth century in Spain. Hypotheses considered
include mass emigration of youth in that age group; extraordinarily
high mortality during the period of the Napoleonic wars; immigration of
persons aged over 25; and a decline in births during the period
1832-1841.
Correspondence: J. Nadal i Oller, Norte 49, Casa
58, Espluges de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40492 Rabell,
Cecilia. Historical demography in Latin America: the Ouro
Preto congress. [Demografia historica en America Latina: el
congreso de Ouro Preto.] Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia
Historica, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1990. 7-30 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
This is a report on a congress concerning the history of population
in Latin America, which took place in Ouro Preto, Brazil, in 1989.
Presentations made at the five sessions are summarized. Session topics
dealt with the spatial distribution of historical populations in Latin
America; components of demographic growth; comparative perspectives on
nuptiality, household formation, and fertility; demographic
characteristics of slave populations in Latin America; and population
and economy.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40493 Roehner,
Bertrand-Marie. Relations between price fluctuations and
demographic trends in France during the nineteenth century.
[Correlations entre fluctuations de prix et fluctuations
demographiques. France, XIXe siecle.] Population, Vol. 45, No. 2,
Mar-Apr 1990. 299-326 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
A quantitative analysis of the relationship between the rising
price of cereals and demographic indicators such as conceptions,
marriages, and deaths is presented for France for the period 1806-1913.
The results indicate that although the period was only marginally
affected by significant food crises, the correlation between the price
of wheat and the number of marriages and births remained high at the
beginning of this period but became insignificant by the end. In
contrast, the correlation between prices and numbers of deaths was very
low, even at the beginning of the century. Significant regional
variations and fluctuations over time are
noted.
Correspondence: B.-M. Roehner, Universite de Paris
VII, LPTHE 84-49, CNRS UA 280, 2 place Jussieu, 75221 Paris Cedex 05,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40494 Sicard,
Roland. The parishes and communes of France. A dictionary
of administrative and demographic history: Vaucluse. [Paroisses
et communes de France. Dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et
demographique: Vaucluse.] ISBN 2-222-03970-3. 1987. 263 pp. Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNRS]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This is one in a series of works presenting information on the
administrative and demographic history of the departments of France.
The present volume, which covers the department of Vaucluse in southern
France, analyzes data for the period since the French Revolution of
1789.
Correspondence: Editions du Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, 15 quai Anatole France, 75700 Paris, France.
Location: Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, Paris,
France.
56:40495 Thomson,
David. The elderly in an urban-industrial society:
England, 1750 to the present. In: An aging world: dilemmas and
challenges for law and social policy, edited by John M. Eekelaar and
David Pearl. 1989. 55-60 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England; Nihon
Kajo Publishing: Japan. In Eng.
Laws concerning the social welfare
of the aged in England from 1750 to the present are reviewed. Social
policy and the economic conditions of the elderly as well as possible
future trends are discussed.
Correspondence: D. Thomson,
Massey University, PO Palmerston North, New Zealand. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40496 Vidal, Jose
J. Palma in 1787: demographic and socio-professional
structure according to the census of Floridablanca. [Palma en
1787: estructura demografica y socioprofesional segun el censo de
Floridablanca.] Boletin de la Asociacion de Demografia Historica, Vol.
8, No. 1, 1990. 31-53 pp. Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
The author
analyzes the demographic and socio-professional structure of the
population of Palma, the capital of Majorca, Spain, in the eighteenth
century, based on the 1787 census. The quality of the census data is
first assessed. The population is then characterized with respect to
age, sex, and marital status and by socio-professional
class.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40497 Wall,
Richard; Winter, Jay. The upheaval of war: family, work
and welfare in Europe, 1914-1918. ISBN 0-521-32345-2. LC 88-10229.
1988. vii, 497 pp. Cambridge University Press: New York, New
York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
This is a collection of 16 papers
by various authors on the impact of World War I on European social
history. It is the product of a conference held in Cambridge, England,
in 1983. The first two chapters introduce demographic data and
consider the consequences of wartime mobilization for the material
conditions of the people, particularly for families. The six chapters
in Part 2 further examine the effects of war on conditions of life and
standards of living. Part 3 presents three papers on women and work.
Part 4 contains five papers on social policy and family ideology,
including pronatalist policies in the countries
concerned.
Correspondence: Cambridge University Press, Pitt
Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
56:40498 Worsnop,
Judith. A reevaluation of "the problem of surplus women"
in 19th-century England: the case of the 1851 census. Women's
Studies International Forum, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, 1990. 21-31 pp.
Elmsford, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"A debate concerning
the 'surplus women' problem identified by the 1851 Census [of the
United Kingdom] took place, between women and men, between radicals and
conservatives. Both the debate, and the actuality, of surplus women
was influential for feminism and the women's suffrage movement. This
paper examines this debate through the 1850s and 1860s published voices
of both sides."
Correspondence: J. Worsnop, Bradford and
Ilkley Community College, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
56:40499 Balthasar,
A. A case study concerning generalized inverse projection
and urban history: some basic patterns in the long-term population
development of Lucerne, Switzerland, 1700 to 1930. Historical
Methods, Vol. 23, No. 3, Summer 1990. 92-103 pp. Washington, D.C. In
Eng.
"Generalized inverse projection is able to produce estimates
of the population sizes, age distributions, and vital rates derived
from vital-event series of births and deaths and a terminal age
distribution. This paper discusses some of the results obtained from
the application of this method to the population of the town of
Lucerne, Switzerland, from 1700 to 1930. It might also contribute to
the discussion of the role that generalized inverse projection could
play in the study of urban population
development."
Correspondence: A. Balthasar, University of
Bern, Department of History, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40500 Fetter,
Bruce. Demography from scanty evidence: Central Africa in
the colonial era. ISBN 1-55587-199-2. LC 90-33585. 1990. xiii, 365
pp. Lynne Rienner: Boulder, Colorado/London, England. In Eng.
This
book is a product of the Conference on the Analysis of Census Data from
Colonial Africa, held at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee,
August 18-22, 1986. "In essence a manual for reconstructing the
demographic past of Central Africa, this is the first concerted attempt
to recover the pre-1960 demography of an African region on the basis of
colonial statistics. The authors begin by exploring the unexpectd
strengths, as well as the shortcomings, of extant records. They
proceed to discuss how various social science disciplines can
contribute to our understanding of Central Africa's recent demographic
past. Finally, they examine case studies that synthesize a broad
variety of approaches. The book can serve as a handbook not just for
Africa, but for any part of the world where numbers are available, but
not entirely reliable."
Correspondence: Lynne Rienner
Publishers, 1800 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80301. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40501 Gutmann,
Myron P.; Fliess, Kenneth H. How to study southern
demography in the nineteenth century: the early lessons of the Texas
demography project. Texas Population Research Center Papers,
Series 11: 1989, No. 11.11, 1990. 14, [4] pp. University of Texas,
Texas Population Research Center: Austin, Texas. In Eng.
The
authors describe both the methods of study of U.S. nineteenth-century
regional demography and the ways in which census, tax assessment, and
vital registration data can be used for historical studies. They
examine fertility differentials by religious group in a Texas county
for the period 1845-1910.
Correspondence: University of
Texas, Texas Population Research Center, Main 1800, Austin, TX 78712.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40502 Livi-Bacci,
Massimo. Macro versus micro. In: Convergent issues in
genetics and demography, edited by Julian Adams, David A. Lam, Albert
I. Hermalin, and Peter E. Smouse. 1990. 15-25 pp. Oxford University
Press: New York, New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
The author
discusses the importance of integrating the micro approach, or family
reconstitution, with the macro approach, which includes aggregate
demographic analysis, to study historical demography. An example of
this method is applied to the study of fertility changes experienced by
the founders of Quebec, Canada.
Correspondence: M.
Livi-Bacci, Universita de Firenze, Dipartimento Statistico, 18 Via
Baldesi, 50131 Florence, Italy. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:40503 Ventura,
Pietro. A fiscal source for the study of the Neapolitan
population in the modern era: the certificates of Neapolitan
citizenship and immigration. [Una fonte fiscale per lo studio
della popolazione napoletana in eta moderna: le patenti di
cittadinanza napoletana e l'immigrazione.] Bollettino di Demografia
Storica, No. 10, 1990. 80-90 pp. Bologna, Italy. In Ita.
Existing
sources of historical data for the Kingdom of Naples in southern Italy
are evaluated. The focus is on the Acta Civilitatis, which includes
documents concerning in-migrants to the city of Naples seeking resident
permits. The period considered is from the sixteenth to the eighteenth
century.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
