The Population History of Britain and Ireland 1500-1750

by R. A. Houston

Overview

Over the past twenty years population history has become a thriving field of research. In this concise volume, Dr. Houston reviews all the recent literature and explains the different population trends evident in parts of Britain and Ireland. He sets out the sometimes complex interactions among fertility, nuptiality, morality and migration in a clear and comprehensible way, and examines a wide range of topics such as plague and smallpox, childbirth, illegitimacy, migration within Britain and emigration to America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521552776
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/28/1995
Series:	New Studies in Economic and Social History , #18
Edition description:	1st Cambridge University Press ed
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables; Note on references; Author's preface; Introduction; 1. Sources and methods; 2. Structures and trends; 3. Nuptiality and fertility; 4. Mortality; 5. Migration; 6. Population, economy and society; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.