58:10528 Cornell, L.
L. Gender, risk, and security in old age. PIRT
Working Paper, No. 28, Aug 1990. 49 pp. Indiana University, Population
Institute for Research and Training [PIRT]: Bloomington, Indiana. In
Eng.
"The statement that persons in preindustrial and developing
societies bear children for security in old age is a common one, but
establishing this relationship has proven...difficult. This paper uses
population register data to examine whether the preconditions for the
hypothesis--that old age exists, that it be a time of risk, and that
the risk be perceived--exist for an historical society, early modern
Japan (1600-1868). Using a new method for assessing the size of the
risk and the magnitude of the gender differential, it emphasizes the
gender division of labor as a source of risk and outlines the different
strategies men and women employ to manage it. Nonetheless, despite the
existence of risk the old age security and fertility hypothesis is
unlikely to provide a strong basis for population
policy."
Correspondence: Indiana University, Population
Institute for Research and Training, Memorial Hall East 220,
Bloomington, IN 47405. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
58:10529 Del Panta,
Lorenzo. Regional differences in demographic events in
Italy: some problems and hypotheses of a historical synthesis.
[Diversites territoriales dans les evenements demographiques italiens:
problemes et hypotheses de synthese historique.] Bollettino di
Demografia Storica, No. 14, 1991. 35-50 pp. Pisa, Italy. In Fre.
The author examines regional differences in demographic conditions
that existed in Italy in the period preceding the demographic
transition, with a focus on dissimilarities, both among and within the
major regions. The author concludes that these differences are such
that only a regional approach, as opposed to a national approach, is
appropriate for the study of Italian historical demography in the
period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth
century.
Correspondence: L. Del Panta, via Rimolle 5, 50010
Caldine, Florence, Italy. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
58:10530 Etchelecou,
Andre. The demographic transition and traditional ways in
the western Pyrenees. [Transition demographique et systeme
coutumier dans les Pyrenees occidentales.] Travaux et Documents Cahier,
No. 129, ISBN 2-7332-0129-8. 1991. x, 260, 23 pp. Institut National
d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses Universitaires
de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
The author examines the
traditional demographic system that existed in a mountainous region of
the western Pyrenees of France up to recent times. In this system,
family structures, inheritance patterns, community organization, and
social rules concerning living space combined to control population
replacement and to protect the society from outside pressures. The
study covers the period from the French Revolution of 1789 to the 1960s
and is based on data from local departmental
records.
Correspondence: Presses Universitaires de France,
Departement des Revues, 14 Avenue du Bois-de-l'Epine, BP 90, 91003,
Evry Cedex, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
58:10531 Guinnane,
Timothy. Economics, history, and the path of demographic
adjustment: Ireland after the famine. Research in Economic
History, Vol. 13, 1991. 147-98 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut. In Eng.
"During the second half of the nineteenth century, a demographic
regime emerged in Ireland which combined heavy rates of outmigration
with high marital fertility and a low propensity to marry....Previous
interpretations of these developments have stressed a Malthusian
process of adjustment to population pressure. This essay uses new
sources and methods to show that the Malthusian interpretation does not
square with the evidence....This alternative explanation...lays the
basis for a more complete appreciation of the role of household
behavior in historical economic development." The author concludes
that "the Famine did not directly cause the rise in proportions never
married, by shifting the weights in the Irish population, but shaped
Ireland's demographic adjustment by changing the incentives to marry
and to migrate facing subsequent generations of young adults." Data are
drawn from census and tax records.
Correspondence: T.
Guinnane, Princeton University, Office of Population Research, 21
Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-2091. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:10532 Hungary.
Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia. Torteneti Demografiai Albizottsaga
(Budapest, Hungary); Hungary. Kozponti Statisztikai Hivatal. Lakossagi
Adatgyujtesek Foosztalya (Budapest, Hungary). Historical
statistical gazetteer of Hungarian counties. 2. Veszprem county.
[Magyarorszag torteneti statisztikai helysegnevtara. 2. Veszprem
megye.] ISBN 963-7070-14-10. 1991. 295, [v] pp. Budapest, Hungary. In
Hun.
This is the second in a planned series that will list
place-names in Hungary and any changes that have occurred in them since
the eighteenth century. Each volume concerns one of the 19 counties;
this volume is for Veszprem county. Data are included on the
population of each community by language and nationality where
available. Information is also provided on sources of demographic
data, including both church records and state sources. An English
description of the contents is available
separately.
Correspondence: Kozponti Statisztikai Hivatal,
Keleti Karoly, U.5-7, 1525 Budapest II, Hungary. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:10533 Jones, Anne
M. Exploiting a marginal European environment: population
control and resource management under the ancien regime. Journal
of Family History, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1991. 363-79 pp. Greenwich,
Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"The essay uses evidence from
a French pre-alpine community in 1613-1792 to test the formalized
models of Malthus as presented by Wrigley and Schofield. It finds a
demographic regime characterized by early marriage, low marital
fertility and fecundity, and low infant mortality. Such a system does
not fit neatly into any of the models presented by Wrigley and
Schofield for the balance of population and resources. The essay
concludes with the proposition that greater attention needs to be given
to the role of seasonal and temporary labour migration after marriage
as a means of regulating people and resources in a marginal
environment."
Correspondence: A. M. Jones, Polytechnic of
Huddersfield, Department of Geographical Sciences, Queensgate,
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 3DH, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:10534 Kertzer,
David I.; Hogan, Dennis P. Family, political economy, and
demographic change: the transformation of life in Casalecchio, Italy,
1861-1921. Life Course Studies, ISBN 0-299-12190-9. LC 89-40259.
1989. xvii, 270 pp. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisconsin.
In Eng.
The authors take an interdisciplinary approach to the study
of modernization and demographic transition in nineteenth-century
Italy, using the case of Casalecchio di Reno, a town on the outskirts
of Bologna. They "examine changes in family life and demographic
behavior by relating changing economic and political arrangements to
the actions of individuals and to the changing uses made of family
arrangements." The authors employ a data base that contains
information on 19,000 individuals who lived in Casalecchio from 1865 to
1921, compiled from a variety of sources including the population
register, church and civil vital event registers, manuscript censuses,
annual household tax registers, and state conscription
registers.
Correspondence: University of Wisconsin Press,
114 North Murray Street, Madison, WI 53715. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
58:10535 Landry,
Yves. A current bibliography on the history of Canadian
population and historical demography in Canada, 1990.
[Bibliographie courante sur l'histoire de la population canadienne et
la demographie historique au Canada, 1990.] Histoire Sociale/Social
History, Vol. 24, No. 48, Nov 1991. 361-70 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng;
Fre.
This is a continuation of a series of unannotated
bibliographies on Canadian historical demography and consists primarily
of materials published in 1990. The citations are in English or
French.
For the 1989 edition, see 57:20569.
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).
58:10536 Pavlik,
Zdenek. Long-term demographic trends in Eastern
Europe. [Les tendances demographiques longues en Europe de l'Est.]
Population, Vol. 46, No. 3, May-Jun 1991. 463-78 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The characteristics of the demographic
transition in Eastern Europe are examined. "The demographic transition
in Eastern Europe did not begin until the second half of the nineteenth
century: about 1870 in the Czech lands and Eastern Germany, 1900 in
Slovakia, between 1910 and 1920 in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania, and
1960 in Albania. In this paper, the conditions which were associated
with the demographic transition in these countries were
discussed."
Correspondence: Z. Pavlik, Univerzita Karlova,
Ovocny trh 5, 116 36 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:10537 de Neeve,
P. W. Problems in the study of the demography of the
ancient world. [Problemen van de demografie van de Oudheid.]
Bevolking en Gezin, No. 2, 1991. 43-53 pp. Brussels, Belgium. In Dut.
with sum. in Eng.
The author describes problems encountered in the
study of historical demography. Consideration is given to difficulties
with data and analysis. Some recommendations for improvements in
methodologies are offered.
Correspondence: P. W. de Neeve,
Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit der Letteren, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, De
Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:10538 Grajales
Porras, Agustin. A summary bibliography of the historical
demography of Mexico. [Breve ensayo bibliografico acerca de la
demografia historica de Mexico.] Temas de Poblacion, Vol. 1, No. 2, Jun
1991. 2-14 pp. Puebla, Mexico. In Spa.
The author reviews
developments in the study of Mexico's demographic history since World
War II. The main topics that have attracted attention are described,
and an unannotated bibliography is included.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
