The nine papers in this volume examine the historical experience of particular populations in Western Europe and North America in a search for the processes that change fertility patterns. The contributors' findings enable them to reevaluate some of the conflicting hypotheses that have been advanced for these changes.
The authors stress the effects on fertility of changing mortality. Several theoretical discussions emphasize the importance both of the turnover in adult positions due to mortality and of the highly variable life expectancy of children. The empirical analyses...
The nine papers in this volume examine the historical experience of particular populations in Western Europe and North America in a search for the ...
Nine papers consider problems in American, French, and British history that range from economic history to political behavior and social structure.
Originally published in 1972.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to...
Nine papers consider problems in American, French, and British history that range from economic history to political behavior and social structure....
As part of the new consciousness concerning the history of the American city, younger historians, economists, and geographers working with quantitative methods on urban-historical problems were brought together at a conference sponsored by the History Advisory Committee of the Mathematical Social Science Board. The papers in this volume, products of the conference, represent the pioneer stage of quantitative exploration in United States urban history.
United by a common concern with the growth of cities in society and the effects of growth on the internal organization and related...
As part of the new consciousness concerning the history of the American city, younger historians, economists, and geographers working with quantita...
Debating the promises and limits of the "new economic history," seventeen economists and economic historians look at Great Britain, from the peak of her industrial dominance in 1840 to her eclipse by the surging economies of Germany and the United States. Their discussion brings a new methodological challenge to the field of economic history and a new interpretation of the British economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Originally published in 1972.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously...
Debating the promises and limits of the "new economic history," seventeen economists and economic historians look at Great Britain, from the peak o...
