58:30554 Dubuis,
Pierre. Wills and demographic growth at the end of the
Middle Ages in a mountain region: Valais, Switzerland, from the
fourteenth to the sixteenth century. [Testaments et reprise
demographique a la fin du Moyen Age dans un pays de montagne: le
Valais (Suisse), XIVe-XVIe siecles.] Annales de Demographie Historique,
1991. 221-38 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"This
paper, a part of a wide-ranging research on the population of the upper
Rhone valley (canton Valais, southern Switzerland) between 1200 and
1600, deals with demographic growth during the XVth and XVIth
centuries, as observed through the growth of the mean number of
children outliving their parents. The documentary basis is a corpus of
791 wills dictated between 1300 and 1600 by adults leaving children
behind. Particular emphasis has been laid on the critical analysis of
data....[From] its lowest point in the years 1350-1374 (1.46 children),
the mean size of the inheriting group of siblings grows regularly to
reach a first maximum in the years 1450-1474 (2.99 children) and a
second one in the 1550-1574 period (3.46 children). Such a relatively
precocious and strong growth is made possible mainly by diminishing
epidemic mortality."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
58:30555 Horst,
Oscar H. The use of church archives to reconstruct the
demographic history of San Juan Ostuncalco. [La utilizacion de
archivos eclesiasticos en la reconstruccion de la historia demografica
de San Juan Ostuncalco.] Mesoamerica, Vol. 12, No. 22, Dec 1991. 211-31
pp. South Woodstock, Vermont/Antigua, Guatemala. In Spa. with sum. in
Eng.
"Certain aspects of the demographic history for the parish of
San Juan Ostuncalco, [Guatemala] covering the period between 1700 and
1900 are presented, based upon church registries of baptisms and
deaths. The data derived is evaluated on the basis of its reliability
and its worth in improving upon information obtained from non-parish
sources."
Correspondence: O. H. Horst, Western Michigan
University, Department of Geography, Kalamazoo, MI 49008.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30556 Lovell, W.
George. "Heavy shadows and black night": disease and
depopulation in colonial Spanish America. Annals of the
Association of American Geographers, Vol. 82, No. 3, Sep 1992. 426-43
pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This paper examines the role disease
played in depopulating the Spanish Indies, from first contact to the
early seventeenth century. Analysis focuses on five distinct
geographical settings: Hispaniola, central Mexico, northwestern
Mexico, Guatemala south of the Peten rainforest, and the central Andes.
For each of these settings, literature is reviewed that illuminates
problems of data, chronology, impact, and identification that have
charged discussion of the issues for some time. An attempt is made to
situate regional findings in hemispheric context and to appraise the
status of the disease factor...."
Correspondence: W. G.
Lovell, Queen's University, Department of Geography, Kingston, Ontario
K7L 3N6, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
58:30557 Rohde,
Cacilia M. Prussian statistics as a source for Silesian
regional history, in particular a historical atlas of Silesia based on
population censuses for 1816-1910. [Die preussische Statistik als
Quelle zur schlesischen Landesgeschichte insbesondere zu einem
Geschichtlichen Atlas von Schlesien auf der Grundlage der
Bevolkerungszahlungen von 1816-1910.] Europaische Hochschulschriften,
Reihe III: Geschichte und ihre Hilfswissenschaften, Vol. 436, ISBN
3-631-42859-6. 1990. 402 pp. Peter Lang: Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In
Ger.
In this dissertation, statistics from the population censuses
of Prussia for 1816-1910 are analyzed in an attempt to develop a
historical atlas for the province of Silesia. Aspects considered
include population size and growth, spatial distribution and population
density, religion, language, education, health care, households and
marital status, housing, economic conditions, and the military
population.
Correspondence: Peter Lang, Eschborner,
Landstrasse 42-50, Postfach 940225, W-6000 Frankfurt 90, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
58:30558 Botev,
Nikolai. Historia magistra vitae: on the methods of
historical demography. [Historia magistra vitae, ili oste za
metodite i sredstvata na istoricheskata demografiya.] Naselenie, No. 1,
1992. 17-30 pp. Sofia, Bulgaria. In Bul. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
Indirect estimation techniques are applied to data for Bulgaria
from 1891 to 1958 to assess trends in population dynamics. An
interdisciplinary approach is suggested for the study of countries
where data are often incomplete.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
58:30559 Faber, J.
A.; Van Leeuwen, M. H. D. Recipients of Catholic
assistance in Amsterdam, 1750-1850: a special application of the
family reconstitution method. [Les assistes catholiques
d'Amsterdam, 1750-1850: un exemple d'application particuliere de la
methode de reconstitution des familles.] Annales de Demographie
Historique, 1991. 239-53 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"This study employs the family reconstitution method in a
non-traditional way. It has been used to study the behaviour of a
specific social group over two generations in a large city. The
specific social group is formed by Catholics who were given assistance
for a long period by the Catholic charity in Amsterdam at the end of
the eighteenth century. Differential social and demographic behaviour
of Catholic paupers versus non-paupers and of those paupers versus
their children were researched....The study presents results and
discusses problems involved. It argues that a non-traditional approach
may supplement classic...family reconstitution
studies."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
