60:30493 Bagnall,
Roger S.; Frier, Bruce W. The demography of Roman
Egypt. Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in
Past Time, No. 23, ISBN 0-521-46123-5. LC 93-32406. 1994. xix, 354 pp.
Cambridge University Press: New York, New York/Cambridge, England. In
Eng.
This is a study of the demography of Roman Egypt during the
first three centuries AD, based on surviving census returns on papyri.
These records list all household members, including lodgers and slaves.
The work presents "a complete and accurate catalogue of all
demographically relevant information contained in the returns. On the
basis of this catalogue, the authors use modern demographic methods and
models in order to reconstruct the patterns of mortality, marriage,
fertility, and migration that are more likely to have prevailed in
Roman Egypt. They recreate a more or less typical Mediterranean
population as it survived and prospered nearly two millennia ago, at
the dawn of the Christian era."
Correspondence: Cambridge
University Press, Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30494 Etonti,
Mirto; Rossi, Fiorenzo. The population of the Dogado
Veneto during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [La
popolazione del Dogado Veneto nei secoli XVII e XVIII.] Materiali di
Demografia Storica, Jan 1994. v, 244 pp. Cleup Editore: Padua, Italy;
Universita degli Studi di Padova: Padua, Italy. In Ita. with sum. in
Eng; Fre.
Population trends in the Duchy of Venice, consisting of
nine parishes located in the immediate vicinity of the city, are
analyzed for the period 1601-1800. Data are from parish registers and
concern marriage, baptisms, and burials, and show that the rate of
natural increase over the period was low. Geographic differentials in
population growth are examined.
Correspondence: Cleup
Editore, via G. Prati 19, 35122 Padua, Italy. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30495 Guinnane,
Timothy W. The Great Irish Famine and population: the
long view. American Economic Review, Vol. 84, No. 2, May 1994.
303-8 pp. Nashville, Tennessee. In Eng.
"This paper first sets the
demographic consequences of the Great Famine in the context of
Ireland's long-term population history and then discusses what may be
the most puzzling feature of Irish population history, the demographic
patterns that emerged during the second half of the 19th century. The
paper focuses on rural Ireland, where these changes were most
stark."
Correspondence: T. W. Guinnane, Yale University,
Department of Economics, New Haven, CT 06520. Location:
Princeton University Library (PF).
60:30496 Klein,
Peter. Family and proto-industrialization: a demographic
study of Spenge (Ravensberg), 1768-1868. [Familie und
agrarisch-heimgewerbliche Verflechtung. Eine demographische Studie zu
Spenge (Ravensberg), 1768-1868.] IBS-Materialien, No. 35, ISBN
3-923340-29-X. 1993. vi, 208 pp. Universitat Bielefeld, Institut fur
Bevolkerungsforschung und Sozialpolitik [IBS]: Bielefeld, Germany. In
Ger.
This dissertation is a demographic study of the parish of
Spenge, Germany, using family reconstitution methods and parish
registers for 1768-1868. Fertility, mortality, and marriage patterns
are analyzed in relation to socioeconomic conditions. Particular
attention is given to the concept of local ecotypes and their impact on
the economic and demographic behavior of
families.
Correspondence: Universitat Bielefeld, Institut
fur Bevolkerungsforschung und Sozialpolitik, Universitatsstrasse,
Postfach 8640, 4800 Bielefeld 1, Germany. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:30497 O'Rourke,
Kevin. The economic impact of the famine in the short and
long run. American Economic Review, Vol. 84, No. 2, May 1994.
309-13 pp. Nashville, Tennessee. In Eng.
Both short- and long-term
economic consequences of the Irish famine of the period 1845-1849 are
reviewed. The author concludes that the famine completely altered the
structure of the Irish labor market, and that the migration associated
with the famine resulted in the integration of Ireland with world labor
markets and a significant increase in Irish
wages.
Correspondence: K. O'Rourke, University College
Dublin, Department of Economics, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
60:30498 Olson,
Sherry; Thornton, Patricia. Montreal families in the
nineteenth century: three cultures, three trajectories. [Familles
montrealaises du XIXe siecle: trois cultures, trois trajectoires.]
Cahiers Quebecois de Demographie, Vol. 21, No. 2, Autumn 1992. 51-57
pp. Montreal, Canada. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
"To trace the
evolution of the population of Montreal from the 1840s to the end of
the century, we collected all baptisms, marriages, deaths and nominal
census entries for 12 sample surnames. The sample is intended to
permit matching, chaining, and a full reconstitution of several hundred
families representative of each of the city's three principal cultural
communities--French Canadian, protestant, and Irish catholic. The
three communities functioned as distinctive subsystems, each with its
own age-structure, vital rates, and behavioral
patterns."
Correspondence: S. Olson, McGill University,
Department of Geography, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30499 Razzell,
Peter. Essays in English population history. ISBN
1-85066-013-1. 1994. v, 229 pp. Caliban Books: London, England. In Eng.
This work contains a number of essays written by the author over
the past 30 years on aspects of English population history. The focus
is on the nature and origins of the population increase that occurred
in the eighteenth century. The author challenges the widely held
theory of the Cambridge Group, led by Wrigley and Schofield, that the
primary cause of this increase was a rise in fertility due to a
reduction in age at marriage, which in turn was due to rising incomes.
Instead, he postulates that a fall in mortality was responsible for
this population growth. "He presents detailed evidence to show that
the decrease in mortality began at the beginning of the eighteenth
century, and affected all socio-economic groups. A range of
explanations for this fall of mortality are considered, including
improvements in hygiene, the practice of smallpox inoculation and
vaccination, and the gradual elimination of malaria resulting from land
drainage associated with agricultural
improvements."
Correspondence: Caliban Books, 25 Nassington
Road, Hampstead, London NW3 2TX, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:30500 Tinley,
Ruth; Mills, Dennis. Population turnover in an
eighteenth-century Lincolnshire parish in comparative context.
Local Population Studies, No. 52, Spring 1994. 30-8 pp. Cambridge,
England. In Eng.
The authors review demographic conditions in the
parish of Swinderby, England, in the eighteenth century. They compare
data obtained from community listings of 1771 and 1791. Information is
included on number of inhabitants; household composition; household
size; births, deaths, and migrations; occupations; and comparisons with
other communities.
Correspondence: D. Mills, Local
Population Studies, 27 Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QA, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30501 Zelenchuk,
V. S. Problems of historical demography in the USSR and
Western Europe (the feudal and capitalist periods). [Problemy
istoricheskoi demografii SSSR i Zapadnoi Evropy (period feodalizma i
kapitalizma).] ISBN 5-376-00885-1. LC 91-193828. 1991. 154 pp.
Shtiintsa: Kishinev, USSR. In Rus.
This is a collection of articles
by various authors on historical demographic topics such as population
dynamics, families and households, population characteristics, and
occupations. The geographical focus is primarily on the countries that
made up the former Soviet Union, but some studies examine historical
trends elsewhere in Europe.
Correspondence: Shtiintsa, Ul.
Akademika Ya. S. Grosula 3, 277028 Kishinev, Moldova.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
60:30502 Bengtsson,
Tommy; Oeppen, Jim. A reconstruction of the population of
Scania 1650-1760. Lund Papers in Economic History, No. 32, 1993.
23 pp. Lund University, Department of Economic History: Lund, Sweden.
In Eng.
The authors present a reconstruction of population
developments in the Swedish county of Scania for the period 1650-1760,
using the generalized inversion projection method and data from parish
records. The results show "that [it] is possible to make use of
aggregated births and deaths totals from a rather small sample of
parishes as a source for estimating population size in the period
before...censuses begin."
Correspondence: Lund University,
Department of Economic History, P.O. Box 7083, 220 07 Lund, Sweden.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30503 Bengtsson,
Tommy; Lundh, Christer. Evaluation of a Swedish computer
program for automatic family reconstitution. Lund Papers in
Economic History, No. 8, 1991. 43 pp. Lund University, Department of
Economic History: Lund, Sweden. In Eng.
The prospects for using
computers to assist in linking data from different sources on
individuals in family reconstitution studies are investigated. Parish
records and other ecclesiastical sources for the Swedish parish of
Sirekopinge for the period 1660-1860 are
compared.
Correspondence: Lund University, Department of
Economic History, P.O. Box 7083, 220 07 Lund, Sweden.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30504 Bengtsson,
Tommy; Lundh, Christer. Name-standardisation and automatic
family reconstitution. Lund Papers in Economic History, No. 29,
1993. 24 pp. Lund University, Department of Economic History: Lund,
Sweden. In Eng.
A software program developed in Sweden for family
reconstitution is tested using church catechetical examination records
for the parish of Sirekopinge in southwestern Sweden for the period
1820-1859. The main focus is on the problems inherent in the
standardization of spelling of family
names.
Correspondence: Lund University, Department of
Economic History, P.O. Box 7083, 220 07 Lund, Sweden.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30505 Hammel, E.
A.; Herrchen, Beate. Statistical imputation in family
reconstitution. In: International Population Conference/Congres
International de la Population: Montreal 1993, Volume 3. 1993. 245-58
pp. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]:
Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
The authors use data from parish registers
in Slavonia, Croatia, for the period 1714-1900 to illustrate three
methods of family reconstitution. The methods feature the imputation of
missing data.
Correspondence: E. A. Hammel, University of
California, Department of Demography, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley,
CA 94720. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:30506 Schofield,
Phillipp. Frankpledge lists as indices of migration and
mortality: some evidence from Essex lists. Local Population
Studies, No. 52, Spring 1994. 23-9 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng.
The author attempts to determine levels of migration and mortality
in fourteenth-century Essex, England, using tithing lists for the manor
of Birdbrook.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
