Tilly / Shorter Fertility in Massachusetts from the Revolution to the Civil War

1. Auflage 1981
ISBN: 978-1-4832-6601-5
Verlag: Elsevier Reference Monographs
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten

Fertility in Massachusetts from the Revolution to the Civil War focuses on the socioeconomic determinants of fertility differentials and trends in Massachusetts from 1765 to 1860.
The book provides useful insights into the nature of the development of Massachusetts in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Topics covered in the text include analysis of the differentials and trends in white fertility ratios at the national, regional, and state levels; differentials and trends in mortality rates in Massachusetts; impact of land scarcity and the role of urbanization and industrialization on fertility; relationship between modernization and changes in fertility in Massachusetts; and the correlation of the decline of fertility in the West with the situation in developing countries.
Demographers, sociologists, historians, researchers, and economists will find the book interesting.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tilly, Charles

Shorter, Edward

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Fertility in Massachusetts from the Revolution to the Civil War;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Acknowledgments;12
7;Introduction;16
8;Chapter 1. Levels and Trends in Fertility in the United States before 1860;26
8.1;The Decline in Fertility in the United States before 1860;26
8.2;Fertility Levels and Trends in Massachusetts and the Other New England States before 1860;29
8.3;Rural—Urban Fertility Differentials;33
8.4;Conclusion;37
9;Chapter 2. Mortality Rates and Trends in Massachusetts before 1860;40
9.1;Mortality Rates in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts;41
9.2;Mortality Rates and Trends in Antebellum Massachusetts;46
9.3;Conclusion;52
10;Chapter 3. Marriage Patterns in Massachusetts;56
10.1;Age at Marriage in Massachusetts;57
10.2;Analysis of Births per Marriage among Massachusetts Communities;64
11;Chapter 4. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Antebellum Massachusetts;72
11.1;Population Changes;72
11.2;Urban Development;74
11.3;Economic Development;76
11.4;Educational Development;81
12;Chapter 5. Availability of Easily Accessible Land;88
12.1;Interstate Fertility Variations and the Land Availability Thesis;91
12.2;Fertility Differentials among Massachusetts Towns and Regions and the Land Availability Thesis;92
12.3;The Relationship between Land Availability and Fertility at the Household Level;95
13;Chapter 6. The Impact of Urban and Industrial Development on Fertility Differentials and Trends;104
13.1;Urbanization and Fertility Differentials in the United States in 1850 and 1860;107
13.2;The Relationship between Measures of Urban and Industrial Development and Fertility Differentials among Massachusetts Towns in 1765, 1790, 1820, 1840, and 1860;109
13.3;Analysis of Rural—Urban Fertility Differentials at the Household Level;113
13.4;Rural—Urban Fertility Differentials and Trends;115
14;Chapter 7. Demographic and Social Explanations of Variations in the White Refined Fertility Ratios;118
14.1;Sex Ratio of the Population;118
14.2;Ethnic Composition of the Population;123
14.3;Religious Composition of the Population;126
14.4;The Relationship between the Levels of Education of the Population and Fertility Differentials;128
15;Chapter 8. Speculations on Modernization and the Fertility Decline in Antebellum America;132
15.1;Modernization and the Decline in Fertility;133
15.2;Modernization in America in the Late Eighteenth Century and the First Half of the Nineteenth Century;137
15.3;Levels and Trends in Education in Antebellum America;137
15.4;Levels and Trends in Information Consumption in Antebellum America;144
15.5;Changes in the Occupational Structure of the American Economy;148
15.6;Changing Perception of the Role of the Individual as a Reformer and Shifts in Achievement Orientation;153
15.7;Changes in the Value and Cost of Children;157
15.8;Modernization and the Fertility Decline in Antebellum America;158
16;Chapter 9. Conclusion;160
16.1;The Experience of Nineteenth-Century America as a Model for Developing Countries Today?;166
17;APPENDIX A: The Use of Fertility Ratios as Indexes of Birth Rates;170
18;APPENDIX B: Reliability and Usefulness of Mortality Data;180
19;APPENDIX C: Results of Regression Analysis of Interstate Fertility Differentials in the United States in 1850 and 1860;192
20;APPENDIX D: Results of Regression Analysis of Fertility Differentials among Massachusetts Townships from 1765 to 1860;196
21;APPENDIX E: Tables for the Charts and Graphs Used in the Text;224
22;Bibliography;248
22.1;Primary Sources;248
22.2;Secondary Works;251
23;Subject Index;262