Overview

The first single-volume demographic history of England covering the entire period since the Norman conquest. It charts the magnitude and characteristics of population change in England since the eleventh century, describes the major explanations for population change which have been proposed by historians over the years, and introduces the main historical sources which have been used to analyze the population history of England.

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Author:   Andrew Hinde
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hodder Arnold
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.678kg
ISBN:  

9780340761892

ISBN 10:   034076189
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   31 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Section I The medieval period: Domesday England; population change between 1086 and the Black Death; the Black Death and its aftermath; the population of England in the 15th century. Appendix I - Sources and methods for learning about the population of medieval England. Section II Early modern period: the Malthusian system; English mortality and population growth 1500-1750; the Malthusian preventive check in early modern England; childbearing in early modern England; causes and consequences of migration. Appendix II - Sources and methods for studying the population of early modern England. Section III The English demographic transition: population growth after 1750; the decline of mortality; the decline of fertility; migration patterns 1800-1950. Appendix III - Sources and methods for studying the population of 19th- and early 20th-century England.

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Few scholars possess the boldness to attempt a work with this scope; fewer still succeed in the attempt, as this book does. * Economic History Review * The book manages to be both an excellent starting point for the comparative beginner and a reason to pause and reflect for those who have long been immersed in the subject. * Economic History Review * This will be a greatly appreciated and widely used textbook - and deserves to be. * Population Studies *

This will be a greatly appreciated and widely used textbook - and deserves to be. Population Studies

Author Information

Andrew Hinde is Senior Lecturer in Population Studies at the University of Southampton, UK

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