Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 630 g
Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 630 g
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3690-0
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
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- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Demographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
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List of Figures, Tables, and Appendices xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xviiiPart One Initial Conditions 1Chapter One Overview 31.1 Introduction 31.2 Human Origins 71.3 The 40 000 Years to 10 000 BC 91.4 The Last 12 000 Years 111.5 A Few Fundamentals of Population Growth 141.6 The Quality and Quantity of Life 151.7 The English Parson, Thomas Malthus 171.8 Measurement and Inference 191.9 The Census 22A. A Nearly Modern Census 22B. Modern Censuses 24C. Some Problems of Early Modern Censuses 251.10 Models of Human Behavior 261.11 Outline 27Chapter Two The Historical Setting 312.1 Introduction 312.2 The Demographic Transition 312.3 Structural Transition of the Economy 332.4 Long-Run Changes in Economic Well-Being 362.5 Net Replacement 402.6 Dependency and Participation 432.7 How Does the Demographic Transition End or Does It? 452.8 Variation 502.9 Globalization, Macroeconomics and Population 522.10 Institutional Change and Externalities 56Part Two Growth and Dispersal of the Human Population 63Chapter Three Mortality: The Fourth Horseman 653.1 What Do People Die From? 653.2 Infant and Child Mortality 703.3 The Probability of Death and Life Expectancy 733.4 Seasonal Pattern of Death 823.5 Seasonality and Longevity 843.6 Urban Mortality 853.7 The Mortality Transition: Crude Death Rates 89Chapter Four The Fertility Transition 984.1 The Fertility Transition 984.2 The Queen and the Anabaptists 1004.3 Strategic Choice 1024.4 When to Marry 1064.5 The "Never Married" 1114.6 Illegitimacy 1144.7 The Seasonal Pattern of Birth 1154.8 Disruptions 1174.9 The Fertility Transition: Crude Birth Rates 1184.10 Farms and Towns 123Chapter Five Long Distance Migration 1325.1 The Migratory Instinct 1325.2 Who's In and Who's Out 1365.3 Migration of the Unfree 138A. Slaves 138B. Convicts and Indentured Servants 141C. Child Migrants 1445.4 The Atlantic: Waves of Immigration 1455.5 Unbalanced Cargoes 1505.6 Information and Advertising 1525.7 Remittances: Then and Now 1535.8 There and Back Again - Reverse Migrations 1555.9 Diaspora 158A. The Chinese 158B. The Irish 162C. The Jews 1645.10 The Barriers Go Up 1665.11 The Walker Thesis, Displacement and Savings 1685.12 A Final Word on Long Distance Migration 169Chapter Six Regional Migration 1816.1 Introduction 1816.2 The US Westward Movement and Other Frontiers 1836.3 Urbanization and Industrial Change 1886.4 The Rural-Urban Shift 1916.5 Town and Farm and the Changing Economic Role of Children 1956.6 The Great Black Migration in the US 1956.7 Declining Regions: Dust Bowls and Yorkshire Coal Mines 1986.8 Inter-Urban Migration 1996.9 Migration: In the Neighborhood 200A. Scotland - England 200B. Canada - USA 2016.10 The Undocumented 2036.11 Convergence 2056.12 Summary of Part Two - Putting It All Together 207Part Three Choices and Their Consequences 217Chapter Seven The Changing Family 2197.1 Introduction 2197.2 Courtship and Marriage 2217.3 Household and Family Size 2257.4 Child Labor 2287.5 Family Connections: Networks 2347.6 Marital Dissolution 2367.7 Married Women's Property 2407.8 Poverty: One-Parent Families and Elderly Females 242Chapter Eight Health and Well-Being 2558.1 Introduction 2558.2 Glasgow: Then and Now 2568.3 Morbidity 2578.4 Early Populations and Nutrition 2628.5 Birth Weights 2668.6 The Human Development Index 2678.7 Obesity and the BMI 2698.8 Household Space 2748.9 Health and Hospital Care Systems 276Chapter Nine Macroeconomic Effects of the Industrial Transition 2869.1 Introduction 2869.2 Shocks and Echoes - the Baby Boom 2879.3 Children and the Saving Shift 2889.4 Intergenerational Contracts or Life Cycles: Pensions 2919.5 The Work-Leisure Choice 2979.6 Time Spent in Household Work 3019.7 Education and Human Capital 305Chapter Ten Population Catastrophes 31510.1 The Nature of Catastrophes 31510.2 The Greenland Norse and the Easter Islanders 31610.3 North American Native Indians 31810.4 Famine 32110.5 We All Fall Down! Plague 32410.6 The HIV/AIDS Pandemic 33310.7 When, Not If? But Not Now! Flu Pandemics 33810.8 Summary 342Part Four Conclusions 351Chapter Eleven Concluding Remarks 353General and Frequently Referenced Sources 358Index 360