John Landers, Landers John

Death and the Metropolis

Studies in the Demographic History of London, 1670 1830
Herausgeber: Smith, Richard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A powerful analysis of demographic patterns in London over the 'long eighteenth century'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 854g
• ISBN-13: 9780521355995
• ISBN-10: 0521355990
• Artikelnr.: 22303029

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and maps
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Eighteenth-Century London and its Vital Regime: 1. Mortality theory and historical epidemiology
2. Aspects of metropolitan economic and social life
3. The 'high potential' model: a preliminary test
Part II. The Level of Mortality: 4. Mortality among London Quakers
5. Mortality levels among the general population
Part III. Dimensions of London's Epidemiological Regime: 6. The seasonality of mortality
7. The instability of mortality
8. Spatial variations in mortality
9. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.