Albion M. Urdank

Birth, Death, and Religious Faith in an English Dissenting Community

A Microhistory of Nailsworth and Hinterland, 1695-1837

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This microanalysis of population levels among Protestant dissenters in England during an era of evangelical revival uses advanced statistical methodologies to examine the demographic effects of religious conversion experiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9781498523523
• ISBN-10: 1498523528
• Artikelnr.: 43750262

Autorenporträt

Albion M. Urdank

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Religious enthusiasm and reproduction: a probabilistic
connection
Chapter 3: Implicit narratives: textuality and emotion in demographic
behavior
Chapter 4: Baptist fertility
Chapter 5: Anglican fertility
Chapter 6: Mortality
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Fecund fertility rates by timing of female Baptist conversion
Appendix 2: Spacing of Selected Birth Intervals (Baptist)
Appendix 3: Fecund fertility rates by Anglican and Baptist female
conversion: Fecundity length
Appendix 4: Fecund fertility rates from combined Anglican and Baptist by
female conversion
Appendix 5: Spacing of Selected birth intervals (Anglican)
Appendix 6: Infant and child morality and burial rates
Appendix 7: Age-specific adult burial rates 1695-1837: overall and by
gender, tables A and B
Appendix 8: Age-specific adult burial 1695-1768 and 1769-1837: life-table
analyses